Charlie Steenhagen
Senior Software Engineer at Workiva
Ames, Iowa, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharlie Steenhagen is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building embedded and web software across industries, currently contributing at Workiva after prior roles at John Deere and Saltech. He combines a strong systems background—C/C++, embedded development, and server administration—with full-stack web experience in PHP, JavaScript, and SQL, enabling him to move comfortably between low-level firmware and product-facing applications. At John Deere he transitioned from hands-on embedded engineering to product ownership, coordinating cross-functional teams and translating complex system requirements into prioritized user stories. Known for staying current with evolving engineering practices, he pairs algorithmic rigor and software design with practical ops skills and a command-line-first workflow. Outside of work he’s a maker and triathlete who drums and enjoys woodworking and electronics, reflecting a hands-on problem-solving mindset that shows up in both prototypes and production systems. Based in Ames, Iowa, he brings a pragmatic blend of technical depth and product empathy to deliver reliable software for complex hardware-software products.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at Iowa State University
English
Github Skills (42)
cpython9
platformio9
esp82669
teleprompter9
arduino9
esp-idf9
esp329
micropython7
python7
embedded7
openipc6
prompter6
freedesktop6
microcontroller6
flask-application6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
csteamengine/heimdall-mk1
Dec 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:50 commits, 44 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 10 months
modern-hobbyist/modern-hexleaf
Dec 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:24 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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