Summary
Stephen White is a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer with 9 years of experience building customer-facing digital experiences at State Farm, where he architects and ships Spring Boot APIs and React interfaces for the My Accounts platform used by millions. He blends hands-on coding with team leadership, mentoring peers on architecture and translating complex designs into clear, actionable plans. His background in data mining and research — including a university study of casual GitHub contributors to improve newcomer onboarding — gives him a strong analytical edge for product and developer-experience decisions. Comfortable across backend, frontend, and GitOps workflows, he emphasizes robust, efficient solutions and is willing to put in extra effort to deliver high-quality outcomes. A former CS teaching assistant and ACM leader, he pairs technical depth with clear instructional ability that helps teams move faster. Based in Chandler, AZ, he invites inquiries about private projects and collaboration opportunities.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Ranger, Ranger at Trailhead by Salesforce
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Northern Arizona University
English