Stephen Sadowski
Head Of Engineering at Peer Data
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolStephen Sadowski is a seasoned technology leader and Head of Engineering with over 25 years of hands-on experience in software development, systems administration, platform architecture, and technology leadership. He blends an enterprise-minded focus on reliability, automation, and repeatability with practical DevOps and cloud modernization expertise, having led engineering and professional services teams at multiple companies and founded his own consultancy. Stephen is an active contributor to core open-source projects like the high-performance Sanic web framework, where he improved backend request handling, logging, and configuration—demonstrating a preference for tackling critical infrastructure bugs. Based in Chicago, he advises product and executive teams on technical strategy, hiring, and client integrations, and he leads by example with metrics-driven decision making and thorough documentation. A self-starter who values configuration consistency and measurable outcomes, he pairs strategic leadership with deep implementation experience across enterprise and startup environments.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Management IT, Bachelor’s Degree Management IT at Western Governors University
Github Skills (9)
sanic10
web-framework10
python10
server10
asyncio10
testing10
api-design9
api9
asgi8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
sanic-org/sanic
Sep 2018 - Apr 2022
Accelerate your web app development | Build fast. Run fast.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 35 reviews, 49 commits in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily contributed to the Sanic web framework's backend functionality. Their work includes fixing unit tests, refactoring logging, improving configuration loading, and addressing issues related to request handling and timeouts. The user also added a new client IP accessor and fixed inconsistencies in the request.args.pop behavior, demonstrating a focus on core framework components and bug fixes. These contributions involved modifications to server, request, and configuration files.
next-generationasgipythonweb-serverasyncio
sjsadowski/sjsadowski
Feb 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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