About
I'm a senior AI and .NET developer with 10+ years of experience taking software from concept to production. I specialize in applied AI, C#, ASP.NET Core, scalable APIs, and cloud-native systems that turn complex business needs into reliable, intelligent products.
My work spans LLM integrations, RAG pipelines, intelligent automation, data services, and secure .NET backends. I also bring hands-on MERN experience with MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js, allowing me to own complete solutions while choosing the right stack for each product.
I care about clean architecture, maintainable code, measurable product impact, and mentoring engineers to deliver dependable software. Outside of work, you'll often find me taking far too many photos of mountains.
- Artificial Intelligence
- C#
- .NET
- ASP.NET Core
- Web API
- Entity Framework Core
- Azure
- Python
- OpenAI APIs
- LLM Integration
- RAG
- LangChain
- Vector Databases
- Prompt Engineering
- Machine Learning
- TensorFlow
- PyTorch
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- Express
- MongoDB
- Mongoose
- FastAPI
- SQL Server
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Testing & CI
- Docker
- AWS
Experience
2021 — Present
Senior Software Engineer · Novatekra
Provide technical leadership across the design, development, and delivery of scalable software solutions. Partner with product, design, and engineering teams to define requirements, guide architecture, improve performance and reliability, and deliver maintainable products aligned with business goals.
2018 — 2021
Software Engineer · Rapid Finance
Designed, developed, and enhanced scalable financial software supporting reliable business operations and customer experiences. Collaborated with product and engineering teams to deliver new features, improve system performance and security, streamline integrations, and maintain high-quality applications aligned with evolving financial needs.
2016 — 2018
Software Engineer · SimpleSolve, Inc
Developed and maintained an insurance SaaS platform that helped streamline policy administration and day-to-day insurance operations. Collaborated with product and engineering teams to deliver new features, improve usability and system performance, resolve technical issues, and maintain a reliable, scalable product for customers.
Projects
Influencer Marketing Platform UAE
Designed and developed Yapiee, a two-sided influencer marketing platform connecting brands with social media creators across the UAE and beyond. Its AI-powered matching and data-driven targeting help teams identify relevant creators, while scalable services support campaigns, wallet-based payouts, and partnership workflows.
Face Detection Algorithm for Security Cameras
Developed an end-to-end face detection and recognition pipeline using deep learning models optimized for speed and accuracy. The system identifies faces in images and video streams, compares them against a database, and returns high-confidence matches in real time for security, attendance, and identity verification.
Contact
Let's build something intelligent and dependable.
I'm open to senior AI, .NET, and full-stack engineering roles, plus selected freelance work.
stevenpate0426@gmail.comBuilt with React, TanStack Start and hand-written GLSL shaders.