# Steven Pham > Software engineer that loves building data visualizations based in NYC Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/stevenpham I’m a software engineer with 12+ years of experience building data-intensive products, developer-facing platforms, and user interfaces that make complex systems understandable. Most recently at Datadog, I work on Data Streams Monitoring, partnering closely with product, design, and backend teams to ship observability features at scale. Before that, I spent nearly a decade at LinkedIn, where I grew from new grad to Staff Engineer. I led company-wide web performance and real user monitoring platforms, built high-throughput analytics services processing over a terabyte of data daily, and mentored engineers across multiple levels. I enjoy working at the intersection of frontend, backend, and data, especially when the outcome helps other engineers do their jobs better. I’m strongest in React, TypeScript, and Python, with deep experience in data visualization, performance tooling, and platform UX. I care about clarity, leverage, and building systems that age well. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Datadog Jan 2024 – Present | New York, NY ### Frontend Engineer @ StarTree Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area I lead the development of the ThirdEye UI, an advanced tool designed for anomaly detection and root cause analysis, leveraging data visualization techniques. My key responsibilities and achievements include: ThirdEye UI Development: Spearheading the development of ThirdEye UI, focusing on creating a user-friendly interface that enables anomaly detection and root cause analysis through data visualization methods. Collaborating closely with our designer, I actively contribute UX/UI ideas to enhance the overall user experience. Team Leadership and Development: Leading and mentoring a team of four UI engineers, driving team productivity and efficiency. Implementing infrastructure improvements in continuous integration (CI) using GitHub Actions, and standardizing React component libraries, which have significantly enhanced team velocity and code quality. Error and Performance Tracking: Integrating comprehensive error and performance tracking systems across all of StarTree’s web applications, ensuring robust and reliable performance. These integrations have helped identify and resolve issues promptly, contributing to a more stable and efficient user experience. ### Staff Software Engineer @ LinkedIn Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Architected and led development of LinkedIn’s internal data visualization platform for site speed analytics, empowering engineers across the company to monitor customer-facing page load performance. • Built front-end applications using Ember.js to deliver intuitive, interactive dashboards. • Led a cross-functional team of six backend and frontend engineers, mentoring junior developers to reach senior-level proficiency and promotion. • Developed company-wide Node.js libraries that standardized internal web application infrastructure; over 100 internal Ember.js applications adopted these libraries for consistent UI and performance patterns. ### Senior Software Engineer @ LinkedIn Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Sunnyvale Built an internal application to visualize site speed violations attributed to engineering page owners at scale, transforming how LinkedIn engineers monitor and interpret performance. Spearheaded the migration from MapReduce batch jobs to real-time analytics pipelines using Spark and Pinot, reducing data availability SLA from 10 a.m. to 6 a.m. Integrated Apache Pinot as the OLAP data store for LinkedIn's web performance data visualization applicaiton, powering queries over a terabyte of site performance data per day. ### Software Engineer @ LinkedIn Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Mountain View, CA Extended internal web performance monitoring by integrating a Boomerang.js plugin to collect browser resource timings. Built a reusable waterfall visualization tool using Backbone.js, HTML, and CSS3. ### Software Engineering Contractor @ LinkedIn Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Continued developing my internship project part-time while pursuing full-time coursework, contributing full-stack features and expanding visualizations of web performance data. ### Front-End Web Developer Intern @ LinkedIn Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 Developed an internal data visualization web application using Python (Flask) for the backend and Backbone.js for the frontend. Implemented advanced visualizations with D3.js Geo Mapping and Highcharts to enable interactive data insights for web page load performance data. ### Co Founder, CTO @ Shotmeet Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area • Co-founded Shotmeet, a startup focused on connecting photographers and clients in the San Francisco Bay Area. • Developed a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) featuring user authentication and photo uploads to AWS S3. • Implemented a robust photoshoot booking system and integrated messaging between users for seamless communication. • Enhanced user experience with a polished interface and email notification integration, facilitating photographer searches. ### Web Administrator @ UC Berkeley School of Public Health: The Nicholas C. Petris Center Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Implemented Wordpress on hosting server providing longevity of site in case of change of personnel. ### IT Systems Administrator @ Oakland Military Institute Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | 3877 Lusk St. Berkeley CA, 94608 Planned, directed, and coordinated the development, implementation, deployment and operation of information systems and technology solutions for school needs. Troubleshooted hardware/software issues for school staff. ## Education ### BA in Computer Science University of California, Berkeley ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/spham92 - Website: https://stevenphamphotography.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/stevenpham JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/stevenpham/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05