Summary
Steve Schmechel is a pragmatic software engineer and architect with two decades of experience designing and sustaining business-critical systems across manufacturing, financial services, and enterprise applications. He excels in lean, department-of-one roles where he combines hands-on full-stack development (.NET, React, Python) with IT leadership—owning infrastructure, security, ERP integrations, and shop-floor systems end-to-end. Steve has modernized legacy platforms using cloud-native patterns, CI/CD, and microservices while driving pragmatic AI-assisted automation to multiply his delivery capacity. He has led cross-functional teams, mentored engineers, and built solutions that process high-volume document and messaging workloads with strict compliance needs. Based in Germantown, WI, he pairs mechanical engineering roots with software craft, often digging into root causes to deliver durable, data-driven improvements. Beyond coding, he brings a rare blend of production-floor empathy and enterprise architecture that helps bridge operational reality with scalable software design.
11 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
BS Mechanical Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee