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Steve Styer

@stevestyer

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I am an experienced data engineer and scientist building scalable analytics and data-driven game systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm seeking a data engineering role focused on building scalable ETL pipelines, automated analytics, and production data systems within collaborative teams that value measurable impact.

I build production data systems, automated analytics, and game-focused tooling that turn large datasets into actionable insights. I publish and maintain multi-platform games and sites, and I created an R + R Shiny traffic logger and reporting system to monitor performance across app stores and web.

My work spans statistical analysis, machine learning, and high-performance C++ solvers for puzzles and games, plus N-gram and visualization workflows in R and Python. I have a Best Paper Award for analysis of meme behavior on Twitter and have produced full-stack systems for large-scale Twitter data collection, entity-resolution with graph algorithms, and graph visualization.

I have applied my software engineering skills across languages and stacks (C/C++, Java, Scala, JavaScript, SQL, OpenSCAD) to deliver shipped products including mobile apps and embedded/home-security systems, and I hold a security clearance from prior work. I seek roles where I can design robust data pipelines and apply statistical rigor to product decisions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Engineer

Current

KingGamesAce

Jan 2023 - Present (2 years 7 months)

Built automated traffic logging and reporting systems and statistically analyzed puzzle games to ensure playability. Published SolitaireSelect (20 games) and LetterLinker LP to the Play Store, App Store, and KingGamesAce.com.

R R Shiny C#)N Gram Analysis Mobile App Publishing Web Analytics Data Visualization Cross Platform Development

Software Developer

Penn State Chemistry Department

Jan 2015 - Jan 2016 (1 year)

Built an educational JavaScript web app for interactively drawing Lewis structures used in chemistry instruction.

JavaScript HTML CSS UI Design

Data Scientist

Commonwealth Computer Research Inc

Jan 2014 - Jan 2015 (1 year)

Built a full-stack entity-resolution system for identity management using graph algorithms and a graph database, produced graph visualizations, and obtained a security clearance.

Scala Entity Resolution Graph Full Stack Data Modeling

Data Scientist

Penn State IST Department

Jan 2012 - Jan 2014 (2 years)

Developed full-stack automated data collection and analysis pipelines for large Twitter datasets using Java, Python, and SQL and applied statistical and machine-learning methods to study information dynamics, resulting in a Best Paper award.