Steven Hemmy
Senior Software Engineer at Capital One
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Hemmy is a Senior Software Engineer in the Chicago area with 10 years of experience building and operating Python/Django web applications, backed by strong JavaScript, SQL, and GNU/Linux skills. He has led greenfield projects and supported 30+ client systems at a boutique shop, combining hands-on architecture, feature prioritization, and DevOps work like containerization and performance tuning. Comfortable wearing many hats—from frontend and backend development to sysadmin and deployment—he thrives on multi-month design, prototyping, and iteration cycles for challenging problems. His background teaching music and university tech workshops informs his mentorship, collaboration, and mindful communication style, making him effective with cross-functional teams. Open to roles across Web/SaaS, FinTech, AI/ML, or Embedded domains, he also channels creativity into generative art and songwriting, highlighting a technical maker’s curiosity beyond code.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Beloit MemorialBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Mathematics at University of Wisconsin-Madison
English, Spanish
Github Skills (21)
converting7
mongodb7
pymongo7
python6
odm5
migration5
django5
mapper4
orm4
emacs4
emacs-lisp3
melpa3
emacs-lsp2
youtube2
embedding2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
chromaticgliss/configs-r-us
Jan 2016 - Dec 2023
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 1 month
chromaticgliss/chromaticgliss-clj
Mar 2017 - Oct 2019
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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