Summary
Steve Gipe is a lead software engineer with 11 years of experience, specializing in delivering scalable ML-driven and cloud-native solutions for aerospace and defense. He has led architecture revamps and rapid deployment of simulators and cloud apps handling thousands of aircraft daily, cutting data processing times from days to minutes. At KEMET Electronics, he optimized ingestion pipelines and achieved near-instant response during heavy load by re-architecting databases and moving to Kubernetes-based deployments. At Kessel Run, he modernized a legacy system with offline-first timelines and real-time analytics, delivering a production-ready stateless backend with Kotlin/Spring Boot and React/GraphQL. His Raytheon work fused ML, statistical modeling, and high-performance computing to accelerate hypersonics research and secure significant funding, while also contributing to encryption and GPS simulation frameworks. Based in Denver, he combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership across full-stack, data, and cloud domains.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Political Science, 3.1/4.0, BA, Political Science, 3.1/4.0 at University of Colorado
University of Colorado Boulder
Chinese