Steve Schalkhauser
Principal Engineer at Big Cartel
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteve Schalkhauser is a Principal Engineer and founder with over two decades of experience building consumer and enterprise software from mobile apps to scalable server solutions. He leads cross-platform mobile strategy at Big Cartel and runs Phase 2 Industries, where he grew a boutique engineering team to 18 people and delivered products for startups through Fortune 500 clients. A hands-on architect and manager, he combines native (Swift/Objective-C/Java) and cross-platform (Flutter, React Native) expertise with a knack for low-code tooling developed at P2UX to accelerate delivery. He has deep experience managing distributed teams across the US, Europe, and Asia and shepherding projects end-to-end—product strategy, client relationships, and delivery. Notably, his work spans diverse domains from gamified music lesson apps and clinical trial systems to custom video conferencing and infotainment on iPad, reflecting a talent for applying core engineering patterns to unusual problems. Based in Sunnyvale, he pairs entrepreneurial leadership with a strong academic foundation (MS, Computer Science) and a track record of on-time, on-budget execution.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Michigan State UniversityBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Hope College
English
Github Skills (1)
ios1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
totem-technologies/totem
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:48 reviews, 450 commits, 141 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Phase2Industries/flutter_showcaseview
Feb 2023 - May 2024
Flutter plugin that allows you to showcase your features on flutter application. 👌🔝🎉
Contributions:3 PRs, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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