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STEPHEN
HALE
// data engineer · software architect
// 20+ years · clearwater / st. pete, fl

Web application developer with more than twenty years of experience. Self-taught with an exceptional ability to get up and running with new technologies quickly. High-level experience across both front-end and server-side development, focused on web standards, cross-browser compatibility, user experience, and delivering quality code.

current
Data Engineer
Meta Care Inc.
Dec 2025 → present · Clearwater, FL
Healthcare data infrastructure including claims processing, eligibility data, and vendor data exchange.
2018 – 2024
Senior Software Engineer
Quorum Analytics / Phone2Action
Jan 2018 → Sep 2024 · Arlington, VA
Digital advocacy platform helping citizens engage elected officials.
  • Delivered 25%+ of annual constituent messages to Congress
  • Scaled platform to handle viral campaigns at thousands of req/s
  • Built custom Webpack loader bridging Laravel & Vue translations
  • Mentored engineers in fellowship program
2017
Senior Software Engineer
Chargebacks911
Dec 2017 → Jan 2018 · Clearwater, FL
Merchant and bank chargeback workflow applications. Migrated from legacy framework to Symfony.
2017
Senior Web Developer
DNL OmniMedia
Mar 2017 → Dec 2017 · Poughkeepsie, NY
Solutions for non-profits: Save the Children, North Shore Animal League, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
  • Automated infrastructure deployment with Terraform
  • Integrated Luminate and Blackbaud CRM platforms
2016 – 2017
Lead Architect
Results Driven Business
Jan 2016 → Feb 2017 · Seminole, FL
Multi-tenant, multi-lingual content aggregation platform for ePub and PDF documents.
  • Prototype secured initial project funding
  • Elasticsearch full-text search across eBook content
  • Custom annotation engine for in-content user highlights
2011 – 2015
Principal Web Developer
Credo Reference
Dec 2011 → Dec 2015 · Boston, MA
Led front-end team building custom PHP applications and API integrations.
  • SIIA CODiE "Best in Class" awards on two platforms
  • 51% new business revenue growth YoY (2012)
  • 4 products shipped in 18 months
  • Launched Literati product line in 7 months end-to-end
2008 – 2011
Lead Product Developer
General Electric / Gensuite LLC
Jul 2008 → Dec 2011 · Cincinnati, OH
EH&S applications for GE global team. Built custom help portal and issue management system using ColdFusion and ExtJS.
2005 – 2008
Application Developer
Capital Fulfillment Group
Jul 2005 → Mar 2008 · Hingham, MA
Application development, database administration, and tech support. ColdFusion MX, SQL Server, SSIS, AJAX.
front-end
HTML5 CSS3 Sass / LESS JavaScript Vue.js React jQuery ExtJS Bootstrap Flexbox Responsive
back-end
Python PHP Laravel Django Yii ColdFusion SQL WordPress Drupal
infrastructure
Docker Kubernetes Terraform AWS S3 / CF Nginx Apache PostgreSQL MySQL MS SQL Redis Elasticsearch Git API MCP

University of Massachusetts, Boston
B.S. Computer Sciences  ·  2005 – 2009