# Bekah Suttner Cheek > Senior Software Engineer Location: Greater Colorado Springs Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/bekah ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Fastly Jan 2024 – Present Architecting and implementing a robust deployment pipeline for a frontend monorepo used to release both application and NPM packages. Building customer-facing frontend features. Providing technical feasibility consulting during onsites for projects in the early phases of exploration. Planning and leading complex deployments to ensure zero downtime to customers. Mentoring junior engineers to establish solid engineering fundamentals and grow confidence. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Kairos Aerospace Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 Led the design and execution of an automated report delivery system. Established a framework for running software projects. Prioritized enhancement work for an under-resourced team by evaluating importance and difficulty to identify high impact tasks. Revamped complex legacy Python to enhance reliability and maintainability. Introduced team practices ilke a Request for Comments (RFC) process to create space for individual contributors to propose and drive changes. ### Independent Software Consultant and Developer @ Atomic Object Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 Strategized and executed on new functionality for a Wi-Fi quality monitoring web app, including license enforcement and resource management workflows. Modernized aging infrastructure by making significant package upgrades, educating client teammates on modern React patterns, and introduced technologies like TypeScript, GraphQL, Storybook, and esbuild. Wrote dev-ready stories for a team of junior and senior developers. Led technical direction on a web app used to draft and submit public school plans to the state department of education. This involved supporting junior developers, introducing better practices around testing, creating maintainable components, leveraging TypeScript effectively, performing infrastructure maintenance, and providing technical feasibility analysis to product managers. ### Software Consultant and Developer @ Atomic Object Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area Demonstrated the ability to consult with clients and execute on work independently and without needing guidance from senior team members. Ran demos to both technical and non-technical client stakeholders. Demoed products to prospective Atomic clients. Used numerous technologies across four different client projects. Completed the Atomic Accelerator professional development program. ### Software Development Intern @ Blue Medora Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Grand Rapids, MI Developed internal tooling to add features and increase flexibility for future feature expansion. ### CIS 351 Lab Assistant @ Grand Valley State University Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Allendale, MI Answered questions from students during the weekly lab period and graded homework assignments. ### Information Technology Intern - Security Technology Services @ 3M Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Maplewood, MN Executed a proof of concept for SSH key management, wrote a company-wide policy regarding the use of SSH keys, and prototyped a mobile phone application. ### Undergraduate Developer @ Grand Valley State University Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Mobile Applications and Services Lab Designed and developed an iOS app to collect data for a study on bee pollen quantity and quality. The app was published to the App Store in May 2017 but has since been retired. ### Student Assistant @ Grand Valley State University Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Statistics Department Fulfilled daily office maintenance (fill printers with paper, check the mail, etc.), assisted professors with creative projects for their classrooms, and graded statistics homework. ### Product Management Intern @ Blue Medora Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 Researched new products, created new product specifications, designed icons, scripted task automation tooling, reviewed materials for technical accuracy, and wrote blog posts (over a dozen posts on various technology blogs including: VMware Cloud Management Blog, New Relic Corporate Blog, Blue Medora Corporate Blog). ### Software Quality Assurance Intern @ Blue Medora Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Tested enterprise management plugin software and designed a new regression testing plan to reduce the introduction of bugs in new releases. ## Education ### Computer Science Grand Valley State University Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bekahsuttnercheek - Website: https://bekahcheek.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/bekah JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/bekah/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22