Summary
Stephan Roorda is a Principal Java Engineer with two decades of software experience and a decade in senior engineering leadership, currently shaping cloud-native solutions at Fidelity Labs. He has led multi-disciplinary teams at IBM to deliver high-impact healthcare interoperability, Watson AI, and cloud platform projects—turning regulatory mandates into production services on tight timelines. A pragmatic architect and agile advocate, Stephan blends deep Java and cloud expertise with hands-on delivery of CI/CD, Helm/Kubernetes, and serverless patterns to shrink release cycles and improve reliability. He’s comfortable bridging research and product teams, having integrated custom ML similarity algorithms and optimized question-answer pipelines for real-world deployments. Based in Fuquay-Varina, NC, he pairs rapid technology ramp-up with strong communication skills and a track record of turning complex integrations into reference customers.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BS/MS, Computer Science, BS/MS, Computer Science at Rochester Institute of Technology