# Clayton Whittaker > Senior Software Engineer at CaptivateIQ Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/claytonwhittaker I am a Software Engineer who believes that technology can improve the user experience to ensure client satisfaction and deliver sustained business growth. For the past 5 years I worked in the financial services industry. After obtaining fundamental sales experience i was charged with product development to enhance the organizational capabilities. During this time i also focused on enhancing existing technology efficiencies. This experience led to a real passion for technology and automation. Capabilities: Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, NodeJS, SQL Front-end: ReactJS, Redux, jQuery, Bootstrap, Jasmine, Axios, React Testing Library Back-end: Python, Flask, SQL, PostgreSQL, Jest, Express Development and Deployment: GitHub, Heroku, Netlify If you would like to learn more about some of my projects please visit my Github https://github.com/clay099 ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ CaptivateIQ Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States CaptivateIQ is on a mission to bring transparency and joy to commissions management. We believe that getting paid should be fun and that work should be a breeze for compensation plan administrators. Yet, most companies still rely on spreadsheets or legacy software providers to manage what is often the largest and most influential line item in a sales budget. That’s why we’ve created a scalable, flexible, no-code solution that enables finance and operations teams to model, automate, and optimize performance incentives. Twenty of the Forbes’ Cloud 100 including leading brands like Amplitude, Gong, and Hopin use CaptivateIQ to power their incentive compensation programs. ### Software Engineer @ CaptivateIQ Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States CaptivateIQ is on a mission to bring transparency and joy to commissions management. We believe that getting paid should be fun and that work should be a breeze for compensation plan administrators. Yet, most companies still rely on spreadsheets or legacy software providers to manage what is often the largest and most influential line item in a sales budget. That’s why we’ve created a scalable, flexible, no-code solution that enables finance and operations teams to model, automate, and optimize performance incentives. Twenty of the Forbes’ Cloud 100 including leading brands like Amplitude, Gong, and Hopin use CaptivateIQ to power their incentive compensation programs. ### Frontend Developer @ CB Water Polo Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area - Scale and optimize existing code base to improved user experience by creating/updates components to be responsive mobile-first - Work with other engineers to design and develop new features and UI. Working with React, Firebase, Vercel, Node and enzyme ### Software Engineering Fellow @ Springboard Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States - Software Engineer with a full stack focus including front-end web development, back-end web development, databases, and data structures and algorithms - Created interactive font-end web applications with React, JavaScript. HTML, CSS, jQuery, Bootstrap, Material-UI and Jinja - Developed server-side API’s with Express and Flask which integrated into PostgreSQL databases. - Conduct extensive Unit, Integration and Functional testing with Jasime, Flask, Python, React Testing Library & Jest - Designed and developed front-end and back-end websites. Connecting to third-party & first-party API's with a focus on user experience and responsive mobile-first functionality. ### Manager @ Enrizen Financial Group Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Spearheaded Insurance Broking transition to a new software platform to increase automation by 25% - Launched a white label stock broking offering, including software selection and transition for an execution framework and a separate compliance platform. Allowing traders, the ability to execute stock trades while keeping an ethical wall for ongoing deals - Introduced and administered Private Funding and Insurance Underwriting entities, generating profitability within 9 months - Consolidated from multiple industry specific CRM systems to Salesforce as the one company wide CRM allowing one client record for consumers who may utilize multiple services and allow marketing to create targeted campaigns ### Associate @ Enrizen Financial Group Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Attained an 15% average yearly increase in 17.5% in Brokerage income (Commission + Broker Fee) on a mature portfolio - Financial analysis assisting public companies with acquisitions and transactions between $5m to $50m. Lead analyst for a $35m acquisition. responsibilities included financial analysis, forecasting, and risk assessment including preparation of the prospectus ## Education ### Foundation degree in Accounting CPA Australia Program Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 ### Certificate IV - General Insurance Broking Kaplan Professional Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 ### Diploma in Finance and Mortgage Broking Management Kaplan Professional Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 ### Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA in Business Administration and Management, General Macquarie University Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/clayton-whittaker --- Source: https://flows.cv/claytonwhittaker JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/claytonwhittaker/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22