G a b r i e l E l k i n d

Fullstack & Mobile Engineer · 3D Applications Engineer · Game Designer

Built fast

About

Ten years of code, still obsessed. I’ve grown 2 products from 0 to over $1B in transactions, and led a team to first prize at TechCrunch Disrupt along the way.

My favorite KPIs are the 9.1/10 team satisfaction score from the engineers I led, and <0.5 average oncall incidents/week on my current platform. I ship software, I stabilize while I scale, I improve teams, and I still write code on the weekends because I want to.

100% AI leveraged, 100% human planned/reviewed/documented, 100% of the time.

Experience

Senior Engineer

Target Corporation · Minneapolis, MN

Feb 2022 — Present

Founding engineer on a full-stack platform at Target. Designed the core infrastructure, shipped 14 of the original 15 pages, and have operated at a lead level across delivery, ops, cross-team coordination, and AI adoption.

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Indie Game Dev / Founder

MMMGames · Minneapolis, MN

Jun 2021 — Feb 2022

Founded indie game studio. Directed small teams of artists, composers, and engineers. Shipped award-winning game jam entries including Frog Daddy's Dash.

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Fullstack Engineering Lead

Canix · San Francisco, CA

Feb 2020 — Jun 2021

First hired engineer and team lead at seed-to-sale cannabis compliance startup. Grew engineering team to 12. Won 1st place at TechCrunch Disrupt 2020.

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Fullstack Software Engineer

Storr · San Francisco, CA

Sep 2019 — Feb 2020

Fullstack engineer at seed-stage social-retail startup. Built features across PostgreSQL, Firebase, Apollo GraphQL, Python, GCP, React Native, and React with rigorous isomorphic TypeScript patterns.

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Senior Software Engineer

Genesys · Madison, WI

Sep 2017 — Aug 2019

Architected complex data-driven admin interfaces. Built reusable components across Ember, Angular, and StencilJS. Designed test infrastructure and optimized dev tooling.

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Full Stack Software Development Intern

OnShape Inc. · Cambridge, MA

May 2017 — Aug 2017

Developed FeatureScript, an ECMA-like DSL for OnShape's CAD platform. Built collaborative code editor features, static analysis tools, and extended the language's Parasolid integration.

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Teaching Assistant

University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI

Sep 2016 — May 2017

Taught two sections of Geometrical Applications for Engineers covering transformation matrices, curves, FEA, and CAD systems.

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Engineering Intern

Open Source Ecology · Mayesville, MO

May 2015 — Aug 2015

Led design, programming, and prototyping of open source hardware projects including CNC torch tables, compressed-earth-brick presses, and modular hydraulic systems.

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Software Engineering Intern

HFOSS (Humanitarian Free Open Source Software) · Middletown, CT

May 2011 — Aug 2011

Designed a graphical interface for LANDIS-II, a forest ecology simulation program.

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Skills

Domains

Fullstack Engineering Mobile Development Game Development Engineering Management AI Engineering 3D Applications

Languages

TypeScript JavaScript Python C# Kotlin Java C++ Ruby HTML/CSS

Frameworks & Libraries

React / Next.js Node.js / Nest Apollo GraphQL React Native Rails Angular / Ember Unity3D Redux

Infrastructure & Tools

PostgreSQL Kafka AWS (AWS Solutions Architect) Docker/Kubernetes GCP MongoDB Firebase Redis

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison

MS Mechanical Engineering

2015 — 2017

GPA: 3.8

MS Mechanical Engineering. Coursework in machine learning, computer vision, computational geometry, robotics, and CFD.

Notable Coursework

Machine Learning (CS 760) Computer Vision (CS 766) Computer Networks (CS 640) Computational Geometry (ME 558) Computer Aided Geometric Design (ME 535) Computational Fluid Dynamics (ME 573) Robotics (ME 439) Dynamic Systems (ME 340)

Wesleyan University

BS Computer Science / Film Studies + Writing Certificate

2010 — 2014

GPA: 87.71

BS Computer Science and Film Studies with Writing Certificate. Strong foundation in algorithms, databases, programming languages, and creative disciplines.

Notable Coursework

Algorithms and Complexity Design of Programming Languages Automata Theory & Formal Languages Principles of Databases Software Engineering Network Security and Cryptography Data Structures Computer Structure and Operation

Projects

Kiness

Educational web platform for engineering students

Educational web platform with dynamic feedback on complex math problems. Awarded UW NEST Wisconsin IDEA prize.

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Unifire

Open source volunteer dispatch for grassroots campaigns

Open source platform for volunteer dispatch and management for canvassers and phonebankers in grassroots campaigns.

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Perfect Practice

Cross-platform mobile tool for progressive practice sessions

Cross-platform mobile tool for managing recurrent, progressive practice sessions and workouts.

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