Steve Chester
Principal Software Engineer at Obie
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteve Chester is a Principal Software Engineer based in Pittsburgh with a decade of experience building and leading product-focused engineering teams. He progressed from hands-on software roles to engineering management and now drives architecture and delivery at Obie, where he was promoted from Senior Engineer to Principal. Steve balances day-job impact with entrepreneurial side projects—he’s the creator of NeverWait and Dottt—which signals a strong maker mentality and appetite for end-to-end product ownership. His background spans web and application engineering across startups and agencies, giving him practical expertise in shipping customer-facing systems reliably.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS) Information Technology, Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS) Information Technology at Pittsburgh Technical College
English
Github Skills (200)
jsonb10
ui-components10
drag10
language-design10
visual-studio10
directives10
react-dnd10
nodejs10
movable10
preload10
calendar-widget10
higher-order-component10
python10
prefetch10
multidrag10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
schester44/dotfiles
Mar 2022 - Apr 2025
Contributions:74 pushes in 3 years
schester44/theresafriess
Jun 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:10 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 6 months
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