Summary
Nathan Brenner is a Lead Software Engineer with 11 years of experience designing and shipping front-end and full-stack web applications, currently driving multiple projects and mentoring engineers at Elastic Suite. He combines fast, high-quality code delivery with cross-functional collaboration across product, design, QA, and project management, while maintaining and modernizing legacy systems. Past roles show deep React, TypeScript, Webpack, CI/CD and serverless/GraphQL experience, and a knack for tooling and developer workflows—he drafted style guides and established testing and build pipelines that improved team velocity. Unusually for an engineer with a BA in Music Education and an MS in Education, he pairs pedagogical instincts with practical engineering, having mentored students and junior developers while sustaining senior-level contributions.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Portland Code School
Master of Science (M.S.), Education, Master of Science (M.S.), Education at Portland State University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Music Teacher Education, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Music Teacher Education at University of Nevada-Reno
English