Steven Gemmen
Software Architect at BuzzFeed
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarSteven Gemmen is a seasoned software architect in San Francisco with nine years of experience in senior engineering and architecture roles, currently shaping platforms at BuzzFeed. He progressed internally from Senior DBA to Staff, Principal, and now Software Architect, demonstrating deep expertise across databases, backend services, and media-rich client applications. His background spans full-stack development, infrastructure (AWS), search (SOLR), and mobile clients, with history leading engineering teams and distributed development across multiple geographies. Steven has repeatedly moved between hands-on coding and technical leadership, building everything from high-traffic video players and e-commerce platforms to RESTful Java services and iOS clients. Colleagues would note his uncommon blend of DBA rigor and modern cloud architecture sensibilities, which helps him optimize systems for both performance and developer productivity.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (10)
aes10
authentication9
octopus9
single-sign-on8
security8
pymysql8
oauth8
tornado6
python5
go5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
buzzfeed/Tornado-MySQL
Apr 2017 - Feb 2024
PyMySQL fork for Tornado
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 2 PRs in 6 years 11 months
pythonpymysqltornado
V0idmain/flic_examples
May 2024 - May 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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