# Elaine McKinley

> Engineer at Discord

Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/elainemckinley

** I will never message you on Discord about your account standing. If someone claiming to be me is messaging you, it's a scam. **

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Discord
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Gusto
Jan 2018 – Jan 2024 | Denver, CO
- Worked on a large-scale, public-facing payroll product used by over 300,000 companies and 50M employees
- Led development for and launched the time tracking portion of the iOS app, which became the most-trafficked flow for the platform
- Contributed to and led engineering projects involving time tracking for employees, building a public-facing API and developer portal, external integrations, a large external vendor migration, internal technical migrations, and legal compliance tools

### Senior Java Engineer @ Dish Network
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Denver, CO

### Software Engineer @ Acumen Digital
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018
- Worked on-site with a variety of clients and technology stacks to build software products on a contractual basis
- Products contributed to included a backend-only vendor order fulfillment platform (Java/Spring) and a cryptographically-secure iOS messaging app. Contributed and led projects for a frontend-heavy fullstack customer service platform used by telecom CX professionals to manage customer accounts (Java/Spring/React).

### Engineering/IT Intern @ EchoStar Corporation
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Englewood, Colorado
Developed an SRE tool for high-severity outages

### Programming Lab Tutor @ Western Illinois University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Macomb, IL
Co-founded with sponsorship from a faculty member in the computer science department. Tasked with assisting professors in fielding student questions during classes and open lab times for students at all course levels.

### Onsite Implementation Specialist @ Legacy Technology Services
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Roselle, IL
Supported a software development team building a product for conducting periodic inventory of a large automotive manufacturer, leading on-site classes in use of the software


## Education
### Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Western Illinois University
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014

### Continuing-education courses in Computer Science
Harper College
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012

### High School
Barrington High School
Jan 2006 – Jan 2010


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ekmckinley

---
Source: https://flows.cv/elainemckinley
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/elainemckinley/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-22