Summary
Stephen Gowan is a software developer with 14 years of experience building full-stack .NET applications and APIs, currently contributing to Hulu's engineering efforts from Charlotte, NC. He has deep expertise in C#, ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript, and SQL, and a track record of leading feature development, code reviews, and production troubleshooting at midsize and enterprise companies. His background ranges from startup UI work in WPF to architecting and maintaining core websites and back-end services, giving him fluency across the full software lifecycle. Stephen is especially interested in hypermedia APIs and event-driven, microservice architectures, blending pragmatic engineering with modern distributed patterns. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful mentorship and practical system-design input that balances rapid delivery with long-term maintainability.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Engineering, B.S., Computer Engineering at University of South Carolina-Columbia