Summary
Steven Bower is a seasoned engineering leader with 11+ years driving large-scale search, data science, and cloud-native compute infrastructure at Bloomberg, where he now manages Cloud Native Compute and AI. He blends a rare full-stack background—from hands-on hardware and network support to designing and operating distributed search systems like a 200+ application search-as-a-service platform—and has led teams building and extending Apache Solr-based solutions. Known for solving information retrieval challenges through pragmatic optimization and systems thinking, he couples software architecture experience with deep operational instinct to deliver highly performant, production-ready systems. Based in the New York City area, he brings two decades of industry experience spanning FAST, Attivio, and academia, and a track record of translating low-level infrastructure knowledge into scalable search and AI platforms.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, BS at Rochester Institute of Technology
Spanish, English