About Me 🤔

My name is Lars Ellingsen. I live in Southern California, and I love creating software that helps others achieve their goals, become more efficient, and just make life easier. Beyond software development, I enjoy a number of other things — playing and watching sports (especially soccer), music (almost all genres), TV and movies, investments and financial markets, reading sci-fi/fantasy, and more.

I am currently employed as a Software Engineer at Datavant . There are a lot of different topics and technologies that I cover in my day-to-day job, and I love the focus on accomplishing a goal rather than specific technologies or frameworks. That said, I am focused on the frontend using fairly standard web technologies - namely, React and TypeScript.

Before switching back to being an IC, I was an Engineering Manager for 6 years, and a Full Stack Web Developer for 4 years before that. My favorite aspects of being in a leadership position were helping my team realize their goals, strategizing and planning for the future, and creating a team culture where everyone feels secure in asking questions and giving each other feedback.