Ian Boynton
Staff Software Engineer at EliseAI
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolIan Boynton is a Staff Software Engineer based in New York with nine years of experience building front-end and full-stack web applications across media and fintech. He progressed from hands-on JavaScript work at JW Player—contributing UI, accessibility, and localization improvements to a widely used embeddable media player—to senior engineering and staff roles at Lithic and now EliseAI, showing rapid technical growth and leadership. Ian blends product-minded engineering with pragmatic delivery, shipping visible UX features like cast buttons and keyboard accessibility while also tackling larger system- and team-level responsibilities. His background includes a Full Stack Web Development certificate from Flatiron School and a BS in Finance, giving him both technical depth and product/market awareness. An entrepreneur at heart, he co-founded a direct-to-consumer footwear brand before transitioning into software, which informs his cross-functional collaboration and operational instincts.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at Flatiron SchoolBachelor of Science (BS) Finance General, Bachelor of Science (BS) Finance General at Boston CollegeDiploma, Diploma at Concord-Carlisle High School
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Github Skills (8)
css10
uid10
javascript10
lessc10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
accessibility9
html9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jwplayer/jwplayer
Oct 2017 - Dec 2018
JW Player is the world's most popular embeddable media player.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:46 commits, 28 PRs, 42 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Ian primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the JW Player repository. Their contributions included modifying the player's user interface by adding and adjusting styling for tooltips, and adding a cast button. They also addressed accessibility issues by applying event listeners for tabbing and ensuring proper cursor behavior. Further adjustments were made to the existing styling of display playback labels and integrating localization features.
html5-videoandroidmedia-playervideo-playermse
jwplayer/jwplatform-node
Oct 2019 - May 2021
:green_square: Node.js library for the JW Platform API
Contributions:3 reviews, 10 commits, 17 PRs in 1 year 6 months
jwplayerapiapi-platformjs-librarynode-js
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