Elijah Winterton

Full-Stack Software Engineer

Professional Summary

Expert software developer dedicated to continuously improving tools to maximize productivity, minimize system downtime, and quickly respond to the changing business needs. Diverse experience in SQL, Cassandra, JavaScript, Ajax, Angular, Java, Agile, and Kafka. Proven expertise in program and code development, software deployment and Agile project management, including requirements defining, gathering, analysis, validation, and testing.

Work Experience

Software Engineer II

WGU Western Governor's University - Remote

February 2023 to Present

  • Responsible for building a new dashboard for Instructors to centralize student data into one place that will help instructors have the data needed when reaching out to help students progress and pass the classes they teach.
  • Implemented decision intelligence into the app giving contact recommendations from third party LLM.
  • Built with Angular and connected to an API using Java, Postgres, and Salesforce.

Software Engineer

Chase - Columbus, OH

December 2017 to February 2023

  • Responsible for application development and testing of enhancements to the largest branch customer account software in the bank.
  • Works in an agile environment, utilizing JavaScript (ractive, jQuery, & React), Java, SOAP, and Rest services to complete enhancement work requests.
  • Developed OCS Transaction Summary tool utilizing Cassandra, Kafka, and Java 8.
  • Serves as the team database SME and performs team training on Kafka.
  • Utilized React with TypeScript to create the OCS Fees Refund front end.

Specialist IT App Development

Nationwide Insurance - Columbus, OH

October 2015 to December 2017

  • Responsible for application development, testing and optimization using Java, AngularJs, MS SQL, & JavaScript.
  • Designed and developed the Producer Onboarding Database using JavaScript, Java, Hibernate, SQL, and CSS animation.
  • Created Datastore app for CRUD operations using JavaScript, Java, Hibernate, and SQL.
  • Supports and maintains a suite of 57 applications with team of 2 additional developers.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering

WGU - Salt Lake City, UT

January 2024 to Present

Diploma

Layton High School - Layton, UT

May 1996

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – Foundational

December 2022 to December 2025

Certified Project Manager

CompTIA A+

Skills