Steve Bate
Senior Manager Software Engineering at Cox Automotive Inc.
South Jordan, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteve Bate is a senior software engineering manager with 13 years of experience leading cross-functional teams and delivering data-platform and performance-focused solutions. Currently at Cox Automotive, he has a background building production data lakes, real-time Azure dashboards, and diverse ingestion pipelines during a multi-year tenure as Principal Data Engineer at Ivanti. His career began in QA and performance engineering, where he architected automated load and endurance test suites and managed global scrum teams, giving him a strong operational and reliability mindset. An active backend contributor to the openHAB community, he has improved scripting engine behavior and added hardware binding support, reflecting hands-on expertise in IoT and integration work. Based in South Jordan, Utah, he combines technical breadth—from cloud data systems to embedded bindings—with compliance experience navigating GDPR and security teams to unblock business access to data.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, Math, German, BA, Computer Science, Math, German at Weber State University
Github Skills (6)
javas10
openhab10
scripting10
java10
mqtt3
mqttnet3
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
openhab/openhab1-addons
Oct 2015 - Apr 2016
Add-ons for openHAB 1.x
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 25 PRs, 2 pushes in 6 months
Contributions summary:Steve primarily contributed to the backend logic of the openHAB add-ons, specifically within the JSR223 scripting engine and InsteonPLM binding. Their work included adding new event triggers, error handling for timers, and updates to the command handling, indicating a focus on improving the functionality and stability of the system. Additionally, the user implemented new features and enhancements within the Insteon binding, including support for ramp dimmers and leak sensor messages.
add-onsopenhabaddononsinternet-of-things
steve-bate/feditest
Apr 2024 - Sep 2024
Fediverse Test Suite (WIP)
Contributions:97 pushes, 120 branches in 5 months
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