Stefan Rusek is a Senior Staff Engineer with 17 years of experience building and scaling web platforms from a single monolith to globally distributed, fault-tolerant networks. He leads engineering teams to create pragmatic, holistic digital solutions and has a long track record of designing resilient infrastructure, microservice migrations, and high-availability deployment pipelines. As founder of Ergon Labs and previous Director of Technology at Cheezburger, he pairs hands-on full-stack engineering with product-minded strategy, database optimization, and process simplification. Stefan brings an unusual blend of maker-centered empathy and technical depth—he helps craftsmen and small businesses amplify their work with tailored digital tools while also running a woodworking shop and goat farm. Academically strong in physics and computer science, he translates rigorous thinking into elegant, maintainable systems and developer-friendly workflows.
17 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Physics, Computer Science, Overall GPA 3.9, Physics GPA 3.8, and Computer Science GPA 4.0 on a 4.0 scale, BS, Physics, Computer Science, Overall GPA 3.9, Physics GPA 3.8, and Computer Science GPA 4.0 on a 4.0 scale at Middle Tennessee State University
Physics and Computer Science, Physics and Computer Science at Southern Adventist University
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Stefan Rusek - Senior Staff Engineer at Ergon Labs