Elliot Zoerner
Software Engineer (Frontend) at Canva
Adelaide, South Australia
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Top SchoolElliot Zoerner is a senior frontend software engineer and team leader based in Adelaide with nine years of experience building performant, accessible web applications. Currently at Canva, he previously led frontend teams at Aligent and contributed broadly as a frontend engineer, balancing hands-on development with mentorship and delivery ownership. His background in mechanical engineering and a computer science degree gives him a systems-minded approach to UI performance and reliability. Outside tech he co-founded and helped scale Gravity & Other Myths into a touring contemporary circus company, where he also served as musician and managed operations—an experience that informs his collaborative, creative problem-solving. Elliot is known for driving measurable performance improvements and embedding accessibility into product development rather than treating it as an afterthought.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science at University of New England (AU)Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering at University of AdelaideBachelor of Mechanical Engineering, ENGINEERING, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, ENGINEERING at Czech Technical University in PragueSouth Australian Certificate of Education, South Australian Certificate of Education at Glenunga International High School
Github Skills (10)
git8
github8
data-structures6
patch6
javascript5
subversion4
trading2
nodejs2
player2
css2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
elliotjz/pinterest-clone
Aug 2017 - Jul 2019
freeCodeCamp backend project - Build A Pintrest Clone
Contributions:2 PRs, 40 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
build-projectexpressbackendnodejsmongoose
elliotjz/gomwebsite
Jan 2019 - Mar 2020
Official Website for Gravity & Other Myths Circus
Contributions:117 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 2 months
reactcircusgravitymyths
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