Summary
Steven Ireland is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable systems across payments, eCommerce, and content platforms, currently contributing at Netflix. He has led architecture and delivery for large initiatives—designing GraphQL-based Server Driven UI and unified APIs for investment products—while driving performance improvements and cross-functional alignment. Comfortable shipping end-to-end, Steven has stabilized high-throughput payment pipelines handling tens of millions in daily transactions and implemented reactive, low-latency integrations using Kafka. He mentors junior engineers and regularly engages executives with clear documentation to shape long-term architecture and team ownership. Based in Wallingford, CT, he pairs a practical production focus with a playful side—hacking small video games in Godot when not solving distributed-system challenges.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute