# Steven W. > Software Engineer Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/stevenw Portfolio: stevenwyks.com/work.html I am a software developer with extensive experience in full-stack engineering with a focus in front-end development. My most recent work experience was at Picnic Works as a software engineer. At Picnic Works I was involved in all steps of the software development cycle, from planning and design to testing and deployment. I spearheaded the development of an web application in React, Node.js and PostgreSQL, utilizing not only my technical skills but also my communication skills by working closely with the product and design teams to define product requirements and solve user experience issues. I also wrote and deployed new features and bug fixes to existing applications in production, ensuring any code changes adhered to company coding standards and met test coverage requirements. Something that I love about software development is its direct applicability to working across different fields and industries. My interest in software development began with using programming as a tool for engaging storytelling. I have worked as a Creative Coding Research Assistant at the Lab for Narrative Technologies and Spatial Installations where I prototyped VR experiences of the world's water pollution and of heritage sites around the UAE. My work at the Dhakira Center for Heritage Studies allowed me to design and develop web experiences with the aim of making the department's archival work accessible to the public in an engaging format. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Stand Together Jan 2023 – Present ### Software Engineer @ Digital Grain Elevator, Inc. Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York City Metropolitan Area - Lead engineer for mobile (Typescript, React Native) and web applications (Typescript, React), responsible for new feature implementation, testing (unit and performance testing), bug fixes, and deployment to the app stores (iOS and Android). - Implemented an event queue for the mobile applications that efficiently processes user events that occurred offline or with poor internet connectivity, resulting in a 32% increase in user requests successfully fulfilled by the server. - Revamped user event tracking between the web and mobile applications by implementing Firebase Realtime Database for websocket communication, eliminating many expensive and frequent read/writes to a relational database resulting in a 44% increase in the speed of successfully emitted events between clients. ### Software Engineer @ Picnic Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Remote - Project lead for the development of a web application (Typescript, React and Node.js), in charge of the application’s system design, feature implementation, automated testing and AWS CI/CD pipeline. - Collaborated with product and design teams in a cross-functional, agile environment to define minimum viable product requirements and features. - Wrote and deployed new features and bug fixes to 3+ applications in production, ensuring any code changes adhered to company coding conventions, web accessibility standards and test coverage requirements. - Documented official software changes for use by 20+ members of the company’s software, design, product and customer success teams. ### Junior Fullstack Web Developer @ Pixels 360 Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Remote - Coordinated with designers, project managers and other developers in an agile environment to design, build, test and deploy web products. - Utilized skills in debugging, refactoring and testing to improve the user experience and functionality of the company’s web products and optimize front-end elements for loading speed and performance. - Assisted in deploying new sites adhering to the CI/CD pipeline of the company (AWS, Codeship, Git, HetrixTools). ### Web Developer & Postgraduate Research Assistant @ DHAKIRA Center for Heritage Studies Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Spearheaded the design and development of the Delma Island Project (React, Node.js), an interactive archive and map featuring oral histories, images and videos from the department’s ethnographic/archaeological research on Delma Island. - Designed and developed a 3D visualization in three.js of one of the department’s experimental archaeology projects. ### Frontend Developer @ ámaxa Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Led the design and development of Amaxa’s user interface in React. - Worked alongside another developer to define Amaxa’s system architecture and implement API endpoints in Node.js. - Received $1360 for the development of Amaxa as a 3rd place winner at StartAD’s YouthTech Competition, playing a leading role in scoping MVP requirements, defining product direction, and creating pitch decks for the competition. ### Creative Coding Research Assistant At The Lab for Narrative Technologies and Spatial Installations @ New York University Abu Dhabi Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates The Lab for Narrative Technologies and Spatial Installations (NTSI Lab) was an interdisciplinary Design Research Lab in the Engineering Department of New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) lead by Prof. Felix Beck from October 2015 until September 2020. - Developed a virtual reality experience that renders point clouds of heritage sites around the United Arab Emirates in Unity. - Programmed animations for renderings of interactive installations as a part of a proposal for a redesign of the Dubai Coin Museum. - Prototyped data visualizations in virtual reality that reflected global trends in water pollution. ### Interactive Media Lab Monitor @ New York University Abu Dhabi Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Assisted students of Interactive Media classes with projects in Arduino, Javascript, Java, and HTML/CSS. - Operated the lab's laser cutter by appointment and oversaw the use and organization of the lab's prototyping tools. ### Web Development Intern @ The National UAE Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Designed and developed an iOS application to collect information on interested readers of the newspaper using Firebase for data storage -Designed and developed data visualizations using Google Maps APIs and AngularJS. ### Media Intern @ Office of Community and Education Engagement - New York University Abu Dhabi Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -Managed the social media strategy for the office's newly launched Instagram and Twitter pages for frequent post updates. -Assisted in designing and implementing the user interface of the office's soon-to-launch website using HTML, CSS and Javascript. ## Education ### Bachelor's in Interactive Media & Technology in Minor in Computer Science New York University Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/stevenwyks --- Source: https://flows.cv/stevenw JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/stevenw/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23