Systems. Shipping. Signal.
BuildOperationalSoftware.
I'm Steven - senior full-stack engineer building AI-powered products and the internal systems that keep teams moving. Experience across the NBA, AWS, and fast-moving ventures.
Focus
Product systems + AI integrations
Style
Practical, fast, no-drama shipping
Signals
Reliability > novelty
SIGNAL PANEL
What I'm good at
Turning ambiguous problems into shipped software with clean interfaces, tight feedback loops, and sane infrastructure.
AI-powered features
Model orchestration, workflows, automations
Full-stack systems
App router, APIs, auth, payments
Operational tooling
Dashboards, pipelines, internal platforms
Canonical
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EXPERIENCE
Built at scale.
Clean interfaces, reliable internals, and the discipline to keep shipping.
Notes
I'm not interested in buzzwords - I'm interested in the work that stays up at 3am.
Latency budgets
Production hygiene
Operator empathy
NBA
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
Own internal platforms that keep ops fast and resilient.
Ship high-visibility tooling across ops + analytics.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Software Development Engineer
Built cloud services + internal systems under real latency budgets.
Worked cross-org with infra, security, and product.
Whole Foods Market
Led development of smart cart technology
Realtime cart telemetry + shopper UX.
Hardware/software integration in-store.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Built software systems for the stadium
Guest-facing platforms.
Operational dashboards.
SIG Sauer
Software Engineering
Fast-turn modernization of internal tooling.
Freelance / Contract
Full Stack Engineer
Founder-led product builds + consulting.
AI-powered workflows and end-to-end delivery.
WORK
Shipped projects.
Selected work from companies and personal ventures.
Selected Work (At Companies)
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Projects
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STACK
Tools I reach for.
Next.jsok
Reactok
TypeScriptok
Node.jsok
Postgresok
Firebaseok
AWSok
Stripeok
AI APIsok
Tailwindok
Vercelok
Pythonok
CONTACT
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Available for product builds, AI integrations, and high-leverage internal tooling.
quick facts
LocationAustin, TX
AvailabilityContract-friendly
FocusAI + full-stack systems
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