Stephen Bartell has a diverse work experience that spans over a decade. Stephen started their career as a Merchandiser at Costco Wholesale in 2002 and worked there for eight years. In 2010, they joined Nevion as a Software Engineer and stayed with the company for three years. From 2013 to 2015, Stephen worked at Creative Artists Agency as a Software Developer, focusing on building applications using Node.js in Azure.
Stephen then joined SDVI Corporation in 2015 as a Software Engineer and worked there until 2017. During this time, they gained experience in software development and engineering. In 2017, Stephen transitioned to Katch LLC as a Senior Software Engineer, where they took on the lead role in developing internal and public-facing apps using Go, PHP, and Node.js. Stephen also worked on serverless APIs using AWS Lambda and API Gateway.
Later in 2017, Stephen became a Software Engineer at MediaAlpha, where they worked on building and deploying applications in AWS VPC. Stephen designed and implemented modern topologies, configured NACLs and security groups, and set up AMIs and ECS clusters. Stephen also worked on refitting Katch apps to work with MediaAlpha services.
In 2018, Stephen joined Signal Sciences as a Software Engineer, where they focused on web defense and the security domain. Stephen utilized Go on the backend and modern JS with React on the frontend. Stephen continued working with Signal Sciences until 2020 when they joined Fastly.
At Fastly, Stephen initially took on the role of a Senior Software Engineer, continuing their work from Signal Sciences. Stephen contributed to customer-facing APIs and API services using Golang and Rust. In 2021, they were promoted to the position of Staff Software Engineer.
Stephen Bartell's work experience demonstrates their expertise in software development, backend engineering, security, and cloud technologies.
Stephen Bartell obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from UC Santa Barbara, where they studied from 2006 to 2009. Prior to attending UC Santa Barbara, Stephen Bartell earned an Associate of Science (AS) degree in Math from Antelope Valley College. Further details regarding the start and end years of their education at Antelope Valley College were not provided.
October, 2021 - present
October, 2020