Steven Klein
Senior Software Engineer at XY Planning Network
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area United States
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Top SchoolSteven Klein is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of full-stack experience, currently driving platform and deployment work at XY Planning Network from the Greater Minneapolis–St. Paul area. He blends hands-on frontend and backend development with infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD design, containerized workflows, and web application security, having managed DDoS mitigation and WAFs at Ars Technica. A former co-founder and CTO, he has built and operated end-to-end product stacks, led engineering teams, and translated stakeholder and editorial needs into modular, responsive experiences. He favors continuous improvement—refactoring for efficiency and refining development processes—and brings a practical mix of engineering, operations, and business-facing communication. Notably, his background includes presenting e-commerce strategies to management students and consulting on direct-marketing workshops, reflecting an ability to connect technical solutions to real-world business impact.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude at University of Illinois SpringfieldAssociate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Environmental Science, Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Environmental Science at Bismarck State College
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Github Skills (62)
wordpress9
wordpress-plugin9
amazon9
plugin8
vue8
webpack8
tooling8
gitbook8
amazon-web-services7
gitlab7
amazon-s37
aws7
command-line-interface7
aws-cli6
traffic6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
xy-planning-network/trees
Aug 2021 - Apr 2025
Contributions:78 reviews, 122 PRs, 221 pushes in 3 years 7 months
steven-klein/portfolio
Apr 2017 - May 2021
My Personal Resume and Portfolio as a GitBook
Contributions:74 commits, 109 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 1 month
personal-resumegitbookgitlab
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