Allen Stern is a pragmatic lead software developer with deep full-stack expertise spanning Python, Node.js/Express, React, and C/C++ across safety-critical and medical domains. With over two decades of software experience and eight years in his current leadership role at Riverside Insights, he architects and ships REST APIs, frontends, native mobile apps, and QA automation that supported FDA 510(k) submissions. His background designing SIL-2 and SIL-4 compliant control systems for Hitachi Rail gives him a rare mix of rigorous safety engineering and modern web/mobile development. Comfortable writing middleware and device-facing software alike, he also authors the documentation and quality checklists that make complex projects auditable. Fluent in English and Russian and an amateur mathematician and chess enthusiast, he brings analytical rigor and a tactical mindset to problem solving. Based in Mars, Pennsylvania, he focuses on reliable, well-tested delivery where correctness matters as much as velocity.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Pittsburgh
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