Steve Chaloner
Software Engineer at seats.io
Aarschot, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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Top SchoolSteve Chaloner is a seasoned software engineer with 15+ years building high-performance, scalable web and distributed systems across Java, Scala, Kotlin and JavaScript ecosystems. He combines hands-on craftsmanship in application design, refactoring and testing with a track record of leading by example—mentoring teams, conducting code reviews and promoting best practices. A long-time contributor to the Play Framework community (including authoring Deadbolt 2 and reviewing multiple Play books), he excels at migrating and modernizing legacy systems into reactive, RESTful architectures. His experience spans enterprise banking, automotive and startups, delivering large-scale rewrites that dramatically reduced code and improved performance. Notably, he’s also a designer of two niche design patterns (deferred downloads and inferred exceptions) and runs his own consultancy, blending open-source work with pragmatic production delivery.
15 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering, 2:1, Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering, 2:1 at University of Wales, AberystwythYsgol RhiwabonHigh School, High School at Ysgol y Grango
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Github Skills (56)
react-wrapper10
client-library10
jvm10
reactive10
deadbolt10
java10
scala10
restful10
api10
java-api10
playframework10
java-io9
authentication9
intellij-idea9
user-guide9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mkurz/deadbolt-2-scala-examples
Dec 2012 - Mar 2017
Contributions:16 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 4 years 3 months
schaloner/deadbolt-2-core
Mar 2015 - May 2019
Contributions:32 pushes, 6 branches, 4 tags in 4 years 2 months
deadbolt
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