Stephen Pugliese is a seasoned Senior Software Engineering Manager with 12 years of experience building and scaling web platforms and data systems, currently leading engineering at Nielsen in New York. He combines hands-on expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, React and Go with strong backend credentials—driving large migrations, OKTA-based access management, and ETL optimizations that cut processing time by over 95%. He has led multiple global teams delivering sports media valuation and fan-insights products, introduced robust QA and Kubernetes-driven AWS practices, and aligned engineering KPIs with product strategy. Stephen is comfortable both mentoring engineers and rolling up his sleeves to implement crosscutting platform improvements that enable multi-market scalability. A practical technologist with a Masters in Computer Information Systems, he brings an unusual blend of full-stack development experience and operational rigor to complex, data-heavy domains.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Computer Information Systems, Masters Computer Information Systems at Long Island University
Contributions:4 PRs, 22 pushes, 6 branches in 5 years 4 months
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Stephen Pugliese - Senior Software Engineering Manager at Nielsen