Steven Cheong
SDE III, AWS EC2 Nitro at Amazon
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Cheong is a results-driven SDE III at AWS EC2 Nitro with a decade of experience delivering high-performance, reliable distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. He has driven complex projects from Oracle to Amazon, blending machine learning, backend engineering, and systems optimization to improve scalability and operational efficiency. A former Marine corporal turned technologist, he brings disciplined leadership and a talent for bridging teams and processes to accelerate delivery. Steven also mentors engineers and consistently implements best practices that reduce toil and enable innovation across organizations. Based in San Francisco with a background in applied mathematics from UC Berkeley and full-stack training from App Academy, he combines strong analytical foundations with hands-on execution.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Applied Mathematics, Applied Mathematics at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School, High School at Newcomer High SchoolHigh School, High School at Thurgood Marshall Academic High SchoolComputer Science & Full Stack Web Development, Computer Science & Full Stack Web Development at App Academy
English, Chinese, Chinese, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (84)
infrastructure-management9
scale9
python9
remote-execution9
infrastructure9
docker9
zeromq9
configuration-management9
iot9
high-performance8
package-repository8
akka8
reactive8
streaming8
automation8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
SJern/slamk
Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:66 commits, 1 PR, 60 pushes in 2 months
SJern/react-planarity
Jul 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:20 commits, 28 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
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