# Brendon Steele

> Senior Software Engineer | Technical Product Manager | Open to New Opportunities

Location: Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/brendonsteele

I’m a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Product Manager with over a decade of experience building award-winning applications, AR/VR platforms, and scalable systems. My career bridges hands-on coding, cross-functional leadership, and product strategy, making me equally comfortable shipping code, mentoring engineers, and aligning technology with business goals.

On the engineering side, I specialize in C#, Python, TypeScript, React, Unity3D, FastAPI, Node.js, Prisma, SQL/Postgres, REST APIs, Docker, AWS, and CI/CD pipelines. I’ve delivered event-driven architectures, cloud-native deployments, and high-performance AR/VR applications, always with a focus on user experience and system reliability.

On the product side, I’ve scoped projects, defined roadmaps, gathered requirements, and led demos that secured funding and shaped go-to-market strategies. As a Technical Product Manager, I bring a customer-first mindset—translating stakeholder needs into technical requirements, balancing timelines and resources, and driving delivery of solutions that meet both business and engineering standards.

I thrive at the intersection of engineering and product management, where I can scale systems, guide teams, and turn complex challenges into intuitive, impactful software.

## Work Experience
### AI Engineer @ Expert Technical Solutions
Jan 2025 – Present | Austin County, Texas, United States
• Senior technical leadership
• Demo development in support of next round seed funding
• Automated sprint planning
• Automated full-stack web-app development

### Senior Software Engineer @ SkyGrid
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Austin, Texas, United States
• Integrate third-party APIs into our system to expand functionality
• Collaborate on brainstorming and testing to ensure development deliverables met quality standards
• Cross-team analysis and approval of data-providers based on technical and business criteria
• Cross-team formation and execution of on-site demos
• Built a custom webpage to make product demos smoother and easier for users
• Estimate project timelines and resource needs
• Collect, understand, and organize project requirements to align with team and stakeholder goals
• Communicate priorities to leadership to help with planning and decision-making
• Perform aviation safety assessment to ensure compliance and reduce risks

### Senior Software Engineer Lead @ SkyGrid
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | Austin, Texas, United States
• SkyGrid Flight Control iOS awarded Webby People's Voice Winner
• Lead Unity front-end development
• Lead 1 on 1's and mentor software engineers
• Lead SkyGrid and Mapbox engagement
• Design, code and benchmark Mapbox Unity SDK (iOS and Android)
• Lead development of on-site demo's
• Define roadmap and deliver on-time SkyGrid Flight Control Android Beta
• Motivate, elevate, and communicate outstanding teammate performance to leadership

### Co-Founder, Lead Developer, Project Manager @ NovaCove LLC
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020
• Lead project development
• Define project scope and budget
• Prepare and present sales pitch to clients
• Responsible for sales and promotion of company
• Cross-functional leadership

### Unity Lead, Senior Software Engineer @ Blockade Games, INC
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
(Contracted under NovaCove LLC.)
• Lead design and development of front-end
• App shell
• Stateless front-end UI
• MVC architecture
• Paper-doll system using Spine plugin
• Camera rig system using Cinemachine
• Character animation system (sfx, aux animations, scriptable object configuration)
• UI/UX considering challenges unique to block-chain
• Multiple fast deadline investor demos
• Extended runway over a year
• Coded 1 minute game-play animation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIH7KZd4iHk)
• Techstars

### Unity Lead, Design Lead @ BitLoft
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
(Contracted under NovaCove LLC.)
• Lead design and development
• Fun and uniquely interactive custom controls
• AR demo
• Powered by Vuforia
• Touch screen finger controls
• Built to support a broad set of devices

### Unity Lead @ vGolf
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
(Contracted under NovaCove LLC.)
• Lead development
• App architecture
• ODG R7, ODG R8, ODG R9 glasses
• Work with 8k 360 pano images and video
• Presented at Santa Clara at AWE 2018

### Senior AR/VR Developer @ VisionThree
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018
• Engineer custom touch solutions
• Visualize complex algorithms
• Manage CI build server
• Cross-functional leadership
• High speed deadlines
• Tools: Unity3D, ARKit, ARCore, Vuforia, HTC Vive, Oculus, HoloLens, iOS, Android, Tango, TeamCity, Jenkins, C#

### Unity Lead, Design Lead @ MERGE
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
(Contracted under NovaCove LLC.)
• Wooble Wobble for Merge Cube (Google Play, App Store)
• Lead design and development
• Assess and enforce project scope
• Present and acquire funding
• AR physics game on mobile
• Powered by Vuforia and MergeCube
• Unique challenges with computer vision on mobile
• Optimized for mobile
• CI build pipeline using Fastlane

### Co-Founder, Lead Game Designer, Lead UI/UX @ Steele Games
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015
• Windfall Card Game
• Successful Kickstarter, 77 backers, $6,387
• Lead 10+ public demos at (Gencon, IndyPopCon, Comic-Con, Gamerz, The Game Preserve, etc...)
• Lead game design
• Lead UI/UX development and testing

### Math Assistance Center: Mentor @ IUPUI
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014
• Awarded 4 consecutive scholarships
• Worked with students on a case by case basis to define and solve advanced math problems
• Used charisma and developed rapport to inspire students
• Often worked in high traffic, high pressure situations

### 3D Game Developer's Group: Co-President, Strategist, Consultant, Game Design Team Lead. @ IUPUI
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014
• Worked with leadership to define goals
• Planned semester activities
• Pitched to students and faculty
• Lead design direction


## Education
### Bachelor's in Media Arts and Science in Computer Science Fundamentals, Programming, How Computer's Work, User Experience Design, Unity3D
Indiana University Indianapolis


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brendon-steele-8025963a

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Last updated: 2026-03-22