# Steve Ochoa

> Staff Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/steveochoa

Staff Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience in demanding environments focused on distributed systems.  Well-organized with proven skills in managing a team and full project lifecycle from design to implementation to integration.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Quicken
Jan 2024 – Present | Menlo Park, California, United States

### Staff Software Engineer @ Magnite
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Los Angeles, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ SpringServe (Acquired By Magnite) @ Magnite
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ MetricWorks
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021
- Architected, codified, and automated deployment of elastic AWS infrastructure to ensure 100% uptime, handle real-time event ingestion at >10k req/sec, and process 10+ TB of data with PostgreSQL.
- Led development of platform's dynamic query engine, ETL pipeline, automated integrations, and automated machine learning system while contributing directly to Java/Python codebase.
- Migrated monolithic Java (Wildfly) server applications to massively scalable Vert.x microservices with Docker and ECS.

### Solutions Architect @ BlueChipTek, A Converge Company
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Santa Clara, California, United States
AWS Cloud Solutions Architect for various clients, including 23AndMe.

### Solutions Architect @ CloudAvail Technology Consulting
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, California, United States
AWS Cloud Solutions Architect consulting for various clients, including Chariot.

### Software Engineer @ inPowered
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco
Backend Development for the company's content amplification platform.

- Maximized margins on advertising inventory purchasing by working closely with CTO to create an algorithmic rule-based optimization engine.
- Partnered with sales and customer success departments to automate spreadsheet and PDF reports generation for both internal and external users.
- Built horizontally-scalable microservices in Java and prototypes in Python to automate campaign bid and budget optimizations for content marketing. 
- Developed bidirectional integrations with various adtech APIs (Facebook, Google).

### Junior Software Engineer @ TapHeaven - Mobile UA: Easier + Faster + Smarter
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
Backend Java development for RTB DSP. 

- Implemented multiple caching layers in DSP's RTB system in Java to ensure < 5ms of latency when responding to bid requests.
- Added video ad (VAST) bidding capabilities to the platform which leveraged existing ML models to produce optimized bids.
- Contributed directly to the development of platform's Kafka, Storm, and Cassandra pipeline to provide real-time analytics to customers.
- Integrated with 3rd-party ad exchanges (MoPub, Google DoubleClick, Rubicon, etc.) by fulfilling all technical requirements and handling relevant communications via email, phone and in-person meetings.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
Oregon State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/steve-ochoa

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Last updated: 2026-04-01