Steve Fox
Verified Expert in Engineering
Big Data Architecture Developer
Dallas, TX, United States
Toptal member since August 21, 2019
Steve is a certified AWS solution architect professional with big data and machine learning speciality certifications. He has a diverse background, and experience architecting, building, and operating big data machine learning applications in AWS. Steve has held roles from technical contributor to CTO and CEO.
Portfolio
Experience
- ETL - 6 years
- Amazon DynamoDB - 6 years
- Big Data Architecture - 5 years
- MongoDB - 4 years
- AWS Lambda - 4 years
- Python 3 - 4 years
- GraphQL - 2 years
- React - 2 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Node.js, Docker, Git, WebStorm, Linux
The most amazing...
...project I've built was a machine learning-based AWS cost-optimization service that dynamically right-sizes instance types, and leverages spot instances.
Work Experience
Independent Consultant
Fox Group
- Oversaw the ETL development and operation for a Fortune 100 client to process millions of point-of-sale transactions daily. Technologies leveraged: Kinesis, Lambda, EMR, Glue, Athena, Python, PySpark, Aurora, and Redshift.
- Spearheaded the DynamoDb Global Index design and abstraction to Node.js interface for integration with a medical scheduling web application.
Founder, CEO
AutoScalr
- Conceived, architected, developed, deployed, and operated AutoScalr AWS Marketplace SaaS service for cost-optimizing auto-scaled workloads. I used advanced machine learning to determine the most cost-effective cluster to power a specific workload by leveraging different instance types, a blend of spot instances, and predictive analytics to ensure operational requirements are met.
- Built the UI in React powered by GraphQL and AWS Amplify leveraging DynamoDb for persistence.
- Presented at DevOps Days in Dallas, Rio de Janeiro, and Florianópolis. Average client savings of over 50% of monthly AWS spend.
Product Manager
Quest Software (Acquired by Dell)
- Managed a multi-million dollar product line of SaaS APM products hosted on AWS.
- Interfaced with customers, drove product direction, and guided engineering teams with an Agile development approach.
- Presented at multiple conferences, including Keynote Speaker at Mobile+Web DevCon: San Francisco 2015, and break-out session at Velocity Santa Clara 2014.
Systems Engineer
Tealeaf (Acquired by IBM)
- Ran the technical pre-sales interaction with prospective customers, including demonstrations and on-site proof-of-concepts.
- Met or exceeded quota targets on a consistent basis.
CTO
Apalu
- Developed voice recognition and the website bot.
- Co-founded company.
- Won the Best of Show award from the Dallas Call Center convention in 2003.
Solutions Architect
Eprise
- Developed customer presentations, demonstrations, and proof of concepts.
Account Manager
Objectivity
- Managed the central US territory for object-oriented database technology.
- Met or exceeded quota on a consistent basis.
Development Manager
NASA
- Managed the specification and development of an electrical power system simulation software for optimizing International Space Station mission plans.
- Conducted R&D for shuttle operations that reduced operational costs.
Experience
AutoScalr
Data Engineering Project
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington - Arlington, Texas, USA
Certifications
SnowPro Core Certification
Snowflake, Inc.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Certified Machine Learning - Speciality
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Big Data - Speciality
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, Amazon EC2 API, React, AWS Amplify, PySpark
Tools
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), AWS Step Functions, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), AWS Glue, Amazon SageMaker, AWS IAM, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), Amazon EKS, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Athena, AWS AppSync, Amazon Cognito, WebStorm, Git, Amazon QuickSight, Amazon CloudFront CDN, AWS Key Management Service (KMS), GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS CloudTrail, Jira, Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Amazon Firewall
Languages
JavaScript, Python, Python 3, TypeScript 3, GraphQL, HTML, NATURAL, Snowflake, TypeScript, Java, C++, Go, SQL
Paradigms
Web Architecture, Test-driven Development (TDD), Design Patterns, ETL, ETL Implementation & Design, Microservices Architecture, Microservices, Management
Platforms
Docker, AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Jupyter Notebook, Linux, Web, Unix, AWS IoT
Storage
Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon DynamoDB, Data Pipelines, Redis, MongoDB, Databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, AWS Data Pipeline Service, Redshift
Frameworks
Spark, Apache Velocity, Selenium, Angular, Bootstrap
Other
Software Development, Data Modeling, Analytics, Amazon Machine Learning, APM, Autoscaling, Front-end Development, Full-stack, Serverless, AWS Cloud Architecture, Data Engineering, Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, Data Warehouse Design, Amazon Kinesis, Big Data Architecture, Amazon Route 53, Domain-driven Design (DDD), Amazon API Gateway, Elastic Load Balancers, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Security Groups, Data Science, Machine Learning, Big Data, Data Analysis, Data Analytics, Architecture, APIs, ECS, Customer Experience Management, Networking, Voice Recognition, Telephony, Content Management, EMR, AWS CodePipeline, AWS X-Ray, AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), Amazon Machine Images (AMI), Fault Tolerance, OpenAI GPT-3 API
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