Austin Steeno

Senior Software Engineer

Experienced software engineer with a proven track record in delivering high-quality, performant user interfaces. Proficient in web standards and skilled in developing scalable, interactive web applications using various technologies, from JavaScript to cutting-edge frameworks. Strong design sensibility and a passion for enhancing user and developer experiences, adept at solving complex problems and architecting robust, scalable solutions.

Personals

Seattle, Washington

Education

2010 - 2013

Arizona State University

B.S.E. in Computer Systems Engineering

Skills

Core Web Technologies

HTML, CSS, JavaScript
TypeScript, Sass, Canvas, WebGL
Websockets, Webhooks, HTTP

Frontend

Backend

Tools

Cloud Platforms

Other

Java, Python, C#, SQL, NoSql

Soft Skills

Problem Solving, Attention To Detail, Critical Thinking, Self Management, Communication, Continuous Learning, Creativity

Career Experience

CoreStack

Senior Software Engineer
2022-Present

Key asset in the Optio3 acquisition, drove front-end design and implementation with Angular and TypeScript. Enhanced the legacy PHP codebase, developed performant data visualizations, dashboards, and core UI components, transitioning features to the new framework and turning high-value concepts into reality.

Optio3

Senior Software Engineer
2018-2022

Worked in a lean, agile startup, focusing on UI design and implementation with Angular and TypeScript. Developed advanced, high-performance data visualization tools, expanding options for customers and enabling visualization of large-scale datasets. Enhanced bespoke canvas-rendered visuals, created and maintained core UI components, and contributed to the backend in Java and Python.

ServiceNow

Senior Software Development Engineer
2016-2018

Developed core UI components and data visualization tools for the CMDB, conducted hiring interviews, and designed an extendable low-code data processing and visualization pipeline, unlocking new data analysis paradigms for customers.

Software Development Engineer
2014-2016

Led CMDB Service Mapping development (showcased in the Knowledge keynote), contributed to Neebula integration, and created core Angular.js UI components for other CMDB developers, enhancing product continuity and application performance.

Associate Software Development Engineer
2013-2014

Prototyped the CMDB Dashboard with D3 and a custom drag-and-drop system, drove Angular.js adoption, and contributed to CMDB application development.

Freelance Projects

Video Processing Pipeline
2024

Developed an automated video processing pipeline using FFMPEG and Node.js, hosted on Firebase/GCP. The system processed raw sports footage from Firebase Cloud Storage, referenced gameplay rundowns in Firestore, and generated streaming-optimized highlight clips stored back in Cloud Storage, with metadata in Firestore. Containerized with Docker and deployed on Google Cloud Run with a nightly trigger.

Twitch Election System
2023

Developed a scalable real-time voting and virtual currency system with dynamic overlays, web-based control panels, a Twitch extension, and a cloud-hosted backend. Tracked viewers and awarded virtual currency for subscriptions, maintaining detailed transaction and voting records for leaderboards. Created an SDK to generate a type-safe ORM from SQL schema. Utilized skills in Websockets, Webhooks, API development, Node.js, TypeScript, WebGL, and SQL.