# Elijah Lewis > Software Engineer @ First Round Capital | Leveraging AI/ML to Craft Exceptional User Experiences Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/elijahlewis Hi, I'm Elijah 👋🏽 With five years of experience as a software engineer, team lead, founder, and researcher, I specialize in building scalable, user-friendly systems and mentoring high-performing teams. My tenure at Epic Health included scaling patient record exchanges to over 250 million per month. My leadership and technical expertise drove significant sales and customer acquisition, making impactful contributions to healthcare interoperability. As an independent software engineer and researcher, I launched successful products like Modal, a productivity SaaS featured on Product Hunt, and co-authored research accepted in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. As the Technical Cofounder of 4RL, I helped develop solutions to address the loneliness epidemic by fostering meaningful in-person connections and enhancing community engagement. Currently, I'm helping empower founders and startups at First Round by building tools that can help them tackle challenges in their journeys. My work demonstrates my ability to identify market needs and deliver high-quality solutions. I'm passionate about using technology to tackle real-world problems. Let's connect if you're interested in collaborating on impactful tech solutions 🚀 ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ First Round Capital Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States ### Software Engineering Consultant @ Code Stache Jan 2022 – Present I founded Code Stache to help emerging startups quickly prototype MVPs and turn ideas into viable products. I led the end-to-end development process, ensuring alignment between business objectives and technical execution. One of the products, Modal, a productivity SaaS application, gained significant traction and was featured on Product Hunt ### Technical Cofounder @ 4RL Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Washington DC-Baltimore Area As the Technical Cofounder of 4RL, I lead the development of innovative solutions to combat the loneliness epidemic by fostering meaningful in-person connections. Through rapid prototyping and user testing, we validated product-market fit, facilitating 300+ in-person connections through our app. By collaborating with local government leaders and business owners, we are enhancing foot traffic to local establishments and community spaces. In addition to driving technical development, I manage fundraising, sales, and operations, ensuring the overall growth and success of this early-stage startup ### Machine Learning Researcher @ University of Virginia Jan 2018 – Jan 2024 | Charlottesville, Virginia Area I created a machine learning model to identify high-risk anxiety patients in a clinical psychology program. This model was implemented for over 1000 participants. My ongoing work in a part-time/on-demand capacity led to co-authorship on a paper accepted by the Journal of Medical Internet Research (Jun 2024) and inclusion in the upcoming ABCT Symposium (Nov 2024). ### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ University of Virginia Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Charlottesville, Virginia Area Optimized speed and scalability by migrating to microservice architecture for a search engine app (Review Miner) which utilizes sentiment analysis on customer reviews. Refactored information retrieval methods in Java backend to interact with modular front-end in Node.js & Angular ### Software Engineering Team Lead @ Epic Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Verona, Wisconsin, United States I built and led a team responsible for scaling a new healthcare application, which contributed to significant new sales and customer acquisition. I mentored a group of engineers, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture. I also played a key role in gathering user insights by participating in sales calls, conducting on-site visits, and leading conference sessions to share best practices and innovations ### Software Engineer @ Epic Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Verona, Wisconsin, United States At Epic, I worked as a Software Engineer on the Care Everywhere app, focusing on healthcare interoperability. I played a crucial role in migrating the legacy codebase to a web-based stack using React, scaling patient records exchanges to over 250 million per month. Additionally, I revamped the UI enhancing clinical awareness of healthcare interoperability, making it the company's top-performing educational tool of the year ### Software Engineer Intern @ Epic Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Madison, Wisconsin Area During my internship at Epic, I developed a data visualization tool that enabled detailed analysis of social determinants of health for researchers. This tool facilitated a better understanding of patient backgrounds and improved healthcare delivery. My work involved creating a star-schema data model and an ETL process using MSSQL and the M language, with visualization done using JavaScript ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science University of Virginia ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lewiselijah - Portfolio: https://elijahlewis.dev --- Source: https://flows.cv/elijahlewis JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/elijahlewis/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13