Summary
Ryan Elainska is a senior software engineer and team leader with nine years of experience turning product visions into robust data-driven applications. He excels at translating business requirements into clear architecture and actionable work items, driving fast iteration and reliable releases across frontend, API, and infrastructure domains. At Orderly Health he led engineering design for new products, rebuilt CI workflows for a complex monorepo, and introduced improved IaC and internal PKI automation that supported successful investor engagement. Comfortable both leading teams and shipping hands-on code, he blends a product-first mentality with practical tool-building (Next.js, TypeScript, Go, OpenAPI) and occasional low-code solutions to speed delivery. Ryan’s background in IT operations and early web craftsmanship gives him a pragmatic security- and reliability-focused lens that surfaces non-obvious operational risks early. He’s based in Winona Lake, Indiana, maintains a public portfolio at ryanelainska.com and GitHub (glassblowerscat), and is energized by bringing teams together to build useful, lovable software.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Management of Information Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS Management of Information Technology at Grace College & Seminary
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