Steven Cheng
Systems Engineering Lead & Staff Engineer at Buffer
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolSteven Cheng is a systems engineering leader and staff engineer with nine years of professional experience, currently driving infrastructure and reliability efforts at Buffer from San Francisco. He progressed from growth hacking into technical leadership, bringing a product-minded approach honed at Jiepang and Armorize where he combined software development, product management, and technical direction. Steven specializes in building resilient, scalable systems and mentoring teams to operational excellence while keeping a focus on measurable growth outcomes. His academic background includes both a Bachelor's and Master's in Software Engineering, and his long tenure at Buffer reflects deep institutional knowledge and a bias for shipping pragmatic solutions. A believer in long-term investment—captured by his favorite proverb—he blends strategic patience with a readiness to act now.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences (with Honors), Software Engineering, Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences (with Honors), Software Engineering at University of Waikato
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (97)
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electron10
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typescript10
rails10
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
stevencch99/stevencch99.github.io
May 2019 - Jul 2023
My external memory storage, built on top of Jekyll.
Contributions:67 PRs, 389 pushes, 13 branches in 4 years 2 months
techblogjekylljekyll-theme
stevencch99/About_Time
Jun 2019 - Aug 2020
Contributions:7 PRs, 36 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 2 months
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