Stephen Macvicar
Software Engineering, Principal at MITRE
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Macvicar is a Principal Software Engineer with a decade of experience specializing in Ruby and health IT software, currently leading engineering efforts at MITRE in Charlottesville. He progressed through technical and leadership roles at MITRE after building web applications at Vermonster and Launch Academy, bringing practical full-stack experience to complex, regulated domains. His unconventional path—from an engineering BS at Harvey Mudd to an MA in Classics at Tufts and earlier teaching—gives him strong communication, analytical, and systems-thinking skills that help bridge technical teams and policy-minded stakeholders. Known for pragmatic architecture and mentoring, he focuses on delivering maintainable, auditable software for healthcare contexts while keeping a developer-first perspective.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A.) Classics, Master of Arts (M.A.) Classics at Tufts UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Engineering at Harvey Mudd CollegeJohn I. Leonard High School
English, Latin, Greek
Github Skills (72)
testing10
standardized10
smart-on-fhir10
client-library10
core-library10
api10
inferno10
health-data10
health10
j2ee10
javascript9
api-testing9
ruby9
sample-data9
validating9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
HL7-DaVinci/drug-formulary-ri
Aug 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:25 commits, 10 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
inferno-framework/ipa-test-kit
Oct 2022 - Mar 2025
International Patient Access (IPA) Inferno Test Kit
Contributions:5 releases, 11 reviews, 24 PRs in 2 years 5 months
patienttestingipainferno
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