Summary
Steven Garcia is a back end developer with 11 years of hands-on experience building reliable, metrics-driven services and tooling. He has driven productivity improvements—most notably cutting customer service workload by 40% at Lola.com—through Python services (Flask), PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, and Prometheus/Grafana instrumentation. Steven has experience migrating monoliths to microservices, writing CI-tested Pytest suites, and performing thorough code reviews to keep production quality high. His background includes both customer-facing technical support roles and systems administration, giving him strong troubleshooting instincts and an appreciation for operational reliability. Currently focused on back-end development at Valstro, he blends practical engineering with a knack for creating tools that amplify team efficiency.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Boston
Associate's degree, Systems Administration, 3.29 GPA, Associate's degree, Systems Administration, 3.29 GPA at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
English, Spanish