Eric Pelkey is a seasoned software leader with 20+ years of experience who now serves as Director of Software Development in Cary, NC, guiding product and engineering at Locumsmart. He has progressed from hands-on development and architecture to managing teams and delivery at LocumsMart, blending deep technical expertise with agile practices and scalable system design. His background includes leading engineering efforts at startups and established firms, shipping production systems since the early 2000s and mentoring engineers through growth-stage transitions. Eric holds an MCS in Computer Science from NC State and is comfortable bridging research-rooted problem solving with pragmatic product delivery. Known for turning complex domain requirements into maintainable architectures, he emphasizes team enablement and predictable delivery over technical fads. Outside of work he brings long-term continuity to organizations, having supported and evolved core systems across multiple roles for well over a decade.
8 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
MCS, Computer Science, MCS, Computer Science at North Carolina State University
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Eric Pelkey - Director Of Software Development at Locumsmart