Summary
Timothy Ellison is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building user-focused web applications, currently on Netflix’s Globalization Tech team where he designs UIs and tooling that help translators produce high-quality subtitles and overdubs worldwide. He has a strong front-end background from prior roles at Comcast and earlier digital agencies, migrating legacy flows to React and creating dashboards and self-assignment systems that reduce manual reporting and improve translator workflows. A late-career switcher with an academic background in comparative literature and classical languages, Timothy brings uncommon strengths in language, UX, and attention to editorial detail that inform his product decisions. Based in Los Gatos, he combines practical production experience with a passion for localization and tooling, and he’s particularly skilled at translating complex stakeholder needs into streamlined, measurable interfaces.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Classical Languages and Literatures, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Classical Languages and Literatures at California State University-Fresno
Master of Arts (M.A.), Comparative Literature, Master of Arts (M.A.), Comparative Literature at Yale University