Steve Mitchell, Developer in Columbus, OH, United States
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Steve Mitchell

Verified Expert  in Engineering

Software Engineer and Developer

Columbus, OH, United States

Toptal member since February 3, 2025

Expertise
Ruby on RailsRubyPostgreSQLReact.jsCSSDockerBootstrapCloud EngineeringMacOSiOSVisual Studio DevelopmentJavaNode.jsVue.js
Bio

Steve is a software engineer and leader with 18 years of experience, specializing in Ruby on Rails and full-stack development for the past 13 years. He is an expert in web, mobile, API, service-oriented, and microservices architectures, as well as data pipelines, AI, and voice-enabled applications. With extensive experience in React, React Native, Next.js, Django, Python, TypeScript, and Swift for iOS, Steve quickly masters new languages and frameworks, making him a valuable asset to any team.

Portfolio

Project Belle LLC
React, React Native, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Vue
Root Insurance Co.
Ruby on Rails (RoR), React, React Native, CI/CD Pipelines, Fastlane
Groupon
Java, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Node.js, PostgreSQL, Salesforce, CSS, Bootstrap...

Experience

  • Automated Testing - 13 years
  • Ruby on Rails (RoR) - 13 years
  • CI/CD Pipelines - 13 years
  • PostgreSQL - 10 years
  • AWS IoT - 8 years
  • Docker - 8 years
  • React - 6 years
  • React Native - 6 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

MacOS, iOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), APIs

The most amazing...

...solution I've helped develop is Blackbird, an award-winning sales optimization and lead management suite of tools used by 3,000 sales staff globally.

Work Experience

Lead Full-stack Engineer

2023 - 2024
Project Belle LLC
  • Developed a mobile app designed to guide field technicians through in-home health assessment and record relevant data.
  • Integrated a CI/CD pipeline that continuously validated and tested multiple mobile app versions with the back-end API.
  • Managed the mobile app roadmap and prioritization, leading a 4-person team to coordinate development successfully.
Technologies: React, React Native, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Vue

Technical Lead and Manager

2019 - 2021
Root Insurance Co.
  • Directed and managed the mobile and web teams in developing the renter insurance line of business.
  • Designed and headed the development of the homeowner insurance process, integrating pricing, quoting, and policy creation through 3rd-party partners.
  • Oversaw the billing team, modernizing the billing platform to support dozens of policy and payment structures.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails (RoR), React, React Native, CI/CD Pipelines, Fastlane

Technical Lead and Manager

2013 - 2019
Groupon
  • Managed and directed the engineering team in creating and launching dynamic pricing.
  • Spearheaded the team building Blackbird, an award-winning sales optimization and lead management suite of tools used by 3,000 sales staff globally.
  • Developed an automated receipt scanning and processing system using machine vision.
Technologies: Java, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Node.js, PostgreSQL, Salesforce, CSS, Bootstrap, HTML, Design Patterns

Experience

After_party

https://github.com/theSteveMitchell/after_party/
After_party is a Ruby gem that automates data migrations during deployments. Feature releases often require changes to production data, and After_party manages these data migrations in a manner similar to how Rails automates schema migrations.

Skills

Libraries/APIs

React, Node.js, Vue

Tools

Fastlane

Languages

Ruby, HTML, CSS, Java

Frameworks

Ruby on Rails (RoR), React Native, Bootstrap

Paradigms

Automated Testing, Design Patterns

Storage

PostgreSQL

Platforms

AWS IoT, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, MacOS, iOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Salesforce, Azure

Other

CI/CD Pipelines, APIs

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