Stephen Pickens
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Owner.com
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolStephen Pickens is a senior software engineering manager based in St. Louis with a decade of experience building and operating revenue-critical mobile platforms. He has led Checkout Flow and iOS teams at Square, owning payment processing infrastructure that must balance new capabilities with high reliability and observability. Previously he managed and shipped the mobile experience for Emerson’s Sensi thermostat line, contributing to a JD Power–recognized product and building strong, high-performing teams. Stephen began his career in mobile engineering and architecture at Unisys, growing into leadership roles that emphasize modular design, offline-first sync, and operational excellence. He combines hands-on iOS platform craftsmanship—having helped shape Square’s OrdersSDK—with a pragmatic focus on standards that let teams move quickly without risking revenue or customer trust. Known for mentoring engineers and translating product vision into resilient systems, he brings both executional rigor and attention to team health.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Computer Information Systems, Bachelors of Science, Computer Information Systems at Missouri State University
Github Skills (16)
kotlin10
kotlin-android10
android10
protobuf10
java10
protocol-buffers9
grpc9
padding7
libsodium5
swift4
aes-gcm4
cryptography4
keychain3
crypto3
macos2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pickens117/wire
Nov 2020 - Feb 2022
gRPC and protocol buffers for Android, Kotlin, and Java.
Contributions:11 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
protocol-buffersprotobufgrpcandroidbuffers
pickens117/Sourcery
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Meta-programming for Swift, stop writing boilerplate code.
Contributions:4 pushes in 1 day
meta-programmingboilerplateboilerplate-codemetastop
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