Summary
Steve Deluca is a Principal Engineer in New York with 10 years of hands-on experience building full-stack web applications using Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, React, and Redux. He rose through engineering roles at Sweeten—from software engineer to engineering manager to principal—demonstrating a blend of individual contributor depth and team leadership. A lifelong tinkerer, he started with HTML/CSS as a kid, holds an A.S. in Computer Science, and sharpened his craft at App Academy, where he mastered Ruby and built production-ready full-stack projects. Comfortable exploring new languages and paradigms (Python, C#, C++ and even assembly), he has a practical curiosity that drives rapid upskilling and pragmatic system design. Past roles span product-focused engineering and media/operations work, giving him a rare combination of technical rigor and content/product sensibility. Based in NYC, he pairs a creative background in English and creative writing with disciplined engineering to deliver thoughtful, user-centered software.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of the Arts English; Creative Writing and Literature, Bachelor of the Arts English; Creative Writing and Literature at Hofstra University
Associate of Science (A.S.) Computer Science, Associate of Science (A.S.) Computer Science at SUNY Westchester Community College
App Academy