Stephen Tanner
Senior Engineer On The HPC - AI ML Team at Ford Motor Company
Christiansburg, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolStephen Tanner is a Senior Software Engineer focused on infrastructure and cloud architecture with 11 years of experience delivering durable, cost-effective platform solutions. He has led cross-functional teams, mentored engineers, and driven observability and maintainability improvements while reducing hosting costs across both mature platforms and greenfield projects. Comfortable operating between hands-on engineering and technical leadership, he has shepherded DevOps and containerization efforts from early adoption to production Kubernetes deployments. His background includes leading infrastructure teams, founding a drone services company where he applied software and systems thinking to physical-world problems, and serving as a Part 107 certified lead pilot—an unusual blend that informs his pragmatic approach to safety, automation, and operational reliability. Based in Christiansburg, VA, he excels at translating complex domain knowledge into clear stakeholder communication and reliable systems.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Virginia Tech
English
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Github Skills (64)
python9
iot9
arduino9
raspberry-pi9
esp-idf9
esp329
nginx8
home-automation8
hud8
agile-development8
mqtt8
asyncio8
searching8
openrc8
full-stack7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
btreecat/va-service-mapping
Mar 2015 - Dec 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 comment in 9 years 11 months
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