Shaun Elliott
Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead at Edmunds.com
Spokane, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolShaun Elliott is a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead with 14 years of experience designing and operating large-scale, data-driven systems from Spokane, WA. At Edmunds he led cross-functional teams to modernize core inventory services, migrate SOAP to REST, consolidate Hadoop architectures, build Databricks pipelines, and architect an AWS-based online car-buying platform while also delivering the company’s first native ad service. He pairs hands-on backend expertise in Java, Spark, Hadoop, and AWS with practical DevOps and container skills (Docker, Kubernetes) and experience across full ETL and analytics stacks. An early contributor to the Restlet JAX-RS framework, Shaun brings a history of open-source improvements to client handling and parameter parsing that reflect a focus on robust integration. Curious and growth-oriented, he blends engineering leadership with a penchant for tooling and automation that improves team velocity and system reliability.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA Computer Science, BA Computer Science at Eastern Washington University
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application-framework10
app-framework10
java10
javas10
jax-rs10
web-framework10
rest-api10
testing9
datatables9
e-mail9
eclipse9
maven9
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Github contributions (5)
restlet/restlet-framework-java
Mar 2012 - Dec 2012
The first REST API framework for Java
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 1 comment, 1 issue in 9 months
Contributions summary:Shaun contributed primarily to the JAX-RS extension of the Restlet framework, as evidenced by changes in client handling, unit tests, and parameter parsing. Their work included addressing issues related to object mapping and handling different parameter types within the JAX-RS client. They also made general improvements such as namespace awareness and made a few minor adjustments in other modules of the framework.
javarestrest-apiframeworkrestlet
edmunds/destalinator
Apr 2020 - Mar 2023
Code for managing Cleanup of Stale Channels
Contributions:29 pushes in 3 years
channelsstalestale-channels
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