Elliot Penson
Lead Software Engineer at Klaviyo
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElliot Penson is a Lead Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building reliable systems across startups and large tech firms, currently based in Mountain View and leading engineering at Klaviyo. He progressed from early development roles through leadership as Director of Engineering and software roles at Google, bringing a blend of hands-on coding and team stewardship. Known for meticulous standards and out-of-the-box thinking, he combines integrity and earnest curiosity to mentor teams and drive pragmatic solutions. Elliot’s background spans product-focused startups and enterprise scale, and he often leans into continuous learning to bridge practical implementation with thoughtful architecture.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Wheaton College
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
354reputation
5kreached
1answer
11questions
Github Skills (20)
mandelbrot10
docker8
go8
kubernetes8
calculus7
scheduling7
fileio6
concurrency6
binary-tree6
allegro-cl6
dictionary6
common-lisp6
python6
annotations6
abstract-syntax-tree6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ElliotPenson/fractal.parts
Mar 2019 - Jul 2019
❄️ build and view fractals
Contributions:154 commits, 2 PRs, 89 pushes in 3 months
fractalsmandelbrot
ElliotPenson/.emacs.d
Jan 2015 - Jan 2025
Contributions:88 pushes in 10 years 1 month
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