Earl Stephens
Java Software Developer at BAE Systems, Inc.
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEarl Stephens is a Java software developer with eight years of professional experience and a background that blends military electronics, field engineering at Boeing, and backend-focused software training from the Turing School. He leverages disciplined troubleshooting skills honed as a US Navy Electronics Technician and Field Engineer supporting naval navigation systems to find root causes in complex software and systems. With a master’s in cybersecurity and hands-on roles at BNY Mellon, Ball Aerospace, and now BAE Systems, he brings a security-minded approach to backend development and system reliability. He is goal-oriented and persistent—traits illustrated by tackling a 5,000-piece jigsaw and by carrying through multi-component system overhauls. Based in Aurora, Colorado, Earl is transitioning into small-to-medium engineering teams where he can apply his combined hardware, testing, and software expertise. His experience with government-cleared environments and systems-level diagnostics gives him an edge in building dependable, auditable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Cybersecurity, Master’s Degree Cybersecurity at Excelsior UniversityAssociates General Arts & Sciences, Associates General Arts & Sciences at Olympic Collegediploma high school, diploma high school at Semiahmoo Senior SecondayCertificate Web Page Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design - Backend Engineering, Certificate Web Page Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design - Backend Engineering at Turing School of Software & DesignBachelor's degree General Studies, Bachelor's degree General Studies at Eastern Florida State College
Github Skills (8)
rails-app9
payment7
hosting6
ruby-on-rails5
backend5
rails5
ruby4
activerecord3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
earl-stephens/laugh_tracks
Mar 2019 - Sep 2019
This is a small Rails app used to practice MVC principles.
Contributions:36 PRs, 22 pushes, 14 branches in 5 months
ruby-on-railsrails-appprinciplesrailsruby
erin-king/battleship
Dec 2018 - May 2019
Pair project with Erin and Earl
Contributions:18 PRs, 33 pushes, 8 branches in 5 months
earlpair
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