Ben Elan

Sr. Software Engineer Calcite Design System, Esri (Remote) 2025–current

Software Engineer Calcite Design System, Esri (Remote) 2022–2024

• Consolidated code from multiple design system packages into a monorepo.

• Implemented automated package versioning, releasing, and changelog generation.

• Fixed bugs and developed new features using native browser APIs, including form validation, focus behavior, internationalization, and more.

• Mentored newly hired Software Engineer.

• Tech: StencilJS, Lit, Node, GitHub Actions, Storybook, Jest, Lerna, Frontend frameworks

Product Engineer Calcite Design System, Esri (Remote) 2021–2022

• Created and maintained continuous integration and automation workflows to increase the team’s efficiency, including a script published to NPM for tracking build sizes, and two GitHub Actions published to Marketplace.

• Developed new features and fixed bugs for Calcite components (web components).

• Assisted with sprint planning, issue prioritization, and quality assurance testing.

• Solved technical questions from internal Esri employees and external users.

• Wrote internal and external documentation, including coding conventions, API reference, development tutorials, framework starter apps, and concept explanations.

Developer Products Specialist Support Services, Esri (Redlands, CA) 2019–2021

• Subject Matter Expert in ArcGIS API for JavaScript, Web AppBuilder & Experience Builder.

• Created multiple internal Esri applications:

  • Carpool app to match employees based on commute time and location.
  • Product support-ability search app for case routing.
  • Hardware/device management web app with server side authentication.
  • Web forms for streamlining exam and training requests.

• Virtual speaker at Esri User Conference 2020: Troubleshooting ArcGIS API for JavaScript Queries

• Wrote two ArcGIS blog posts:

  • Using HTML with Popups in the ArcGIS API for JavaScript
  • Server Side Rendering Frameworks with @arcgis/core

• Tech: NextJS, Jest, ArcGIS, SQLite, Lunr, MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node)

Web/GIS Developer InfoGraphics Lab (University of Oregon) 2017–2019

• Implemented interactive web mapping applications.

• Teaching Assistant for Web Mapping (GEOG 490/590) course.

• Presented at NACIS about building interactivity for a digitized, historic timeline.

• Tech: D3, Leaflet, High Charts, JQuery

Intern Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Summer 2017

• Assisted with the Wildlife Picture Program by cataloging images and supporting logistics (camera checks), habitat restoration, and data management.

• Collected Snowy Plover population data at Ocean Beach and Crissy Field and created an ArcGIS map displaying the findings.

• Tech: ArcGIS, SQL, Python

Intern Solar City (San Mateo, CA) Summer 2015

• Assisted the database engineering team using SQL Server by testing a redesigned algorithm to determine projected installation dates and updating solar panel data.

• Assignments involved writing queries, stored procedures, triggers, and SQL Agent Jobs.

• Tech: SQL

Bachelors of Science University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) 2014–2018

• Majored in Spatial Data Science and Technology with a minor in Computer Science.

Wilderness EMT National Outdoor Leadership School (Lander, WY) 2016

• Developed leadership skills during a variety of outdoor expeditions.

• Earned five medical/rescue certifications.

National Security National Youth Leadership Forum (Washington, D.C.) 2014

• Nominated for a delegation of high school students to learn from national security experts.

Information Security University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) 2013

• Earned 3 college credits for an intensive summer course on information/cyber security.