Viveret Steele
Senior Software Engineer at Stack Overflow
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolViveret Steele is a Senior Software Engineer in Seattle with 11 years of experience building full-stack web and game-facing systems, currently working on Ed Partner Ads and Company Pages at Stack Overflow. They bring a pragmatic, user-centered approach from prior roles at Stack Overflow and McKinstry, where they led migrations from Excel workflows to cloud-backed entity databases and GraphQL APIs. Comfortable in C++, Java, C#, and C#, they combine strong front-end instincts with backend engineering—evidenced by meaningful open-source contributions to the Terasology voxel engine improving UI animation and texture handling. A seasoned mentor and tutor, Viveret values honesty, humility, and learning from diverse perspectives, which informs both code reviews and cross-functional collaboration. Outside work they’re an avid outdoor photographer and activist for queer and trans rights, and their distinctive blue hair is often the first sign of the thoughtful, curious engineer underneath.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.83, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.83 at University of WashingtonAssociate of Science (A.S.), Computer Science, 3.71, Associate of Science (A.S.), Computer Science, 3.71 at Green River Community College
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
javas10
uid10
game-development10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
3d-engine10
game-engine10
animation10
java10
3d10
ui-designer8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MovingBlocks/Terasology
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
Terasology - open source voxel world
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 2 PRs, 51 comments in 11 days
Contributions summary:Viveret primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and implementing animation features within the Terasology game engine. Their work involved modifying existing Java code to support new image formats like JPEG and BMP, and refactoring code related to textures. The user also integrated animation capabilities into the NUI system, including the addition of animation systems, animation components, and the ability to trigger animations on UI elements like buttons, leading to more dynamic user interactions. These changes demonstrate an understanding of game development and UI design.
gamegamedevsandboxgame-developmentvoxels
viveret/ld47
Oct 2020 - Sep 2021
Ludum Dare 47 Entry https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/$221082
Contributions:109 commits, 1 PR, 87 pushes in 11 months
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