Hello, I'm Steph Chamblee 👋!

I'm a senior software engineer with over seven years of experience building secure, scalable web applications that are genuinely useful. I care a lot about clean architecture, accessibility, and reducing friction through thoughtful collaboration and problem-solving. More about me

Work Experience

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    Senior Software Engineer II

    Merit America

    • Built and maintained web applications with Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and Tailwind CSS, supporting multiple departments to advance the organization's mission.
    • Promoted after two years from Senior Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer II in recognition of strong technical leadership and cross-team knowledge sharing.
    • Led accessibility initiatives: authored internal guidelines, delivered department-wide presentations, and eliminated 95% of accessibility violations.
    • Authored 12 Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) that standardized development practices and improved decision transparency across the engineering team.
    • Facilitated postmortems and implemented proactive safeguards, reducing outage frequency and improving system resilience.
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    Senior Software Engineer

    Kroger

    • Led migration from a custom identity solution to Azure AD B2C, enabling secure authentication for millions of Kroger customers and enhancing reliability.
    • Re-architected a high-traffic Node.js API by building a middleware that leveraged the service-client architecture, improving test coverage by 80% and reducing onboarding time for new developers.
    • Conducted technical training sessions to strengthen team expertise in identity protocols.
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    Community Engineer II

    Auth0

    • Delivered 300+ custom solutions within one year across varied tech stacks, increasing secure authentication adoption across developer communities.
    • Published a two-part IoT tutorial series on the Auth0 blog using Arduino and real-time data visualization; received strong community engagement.
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    Software Engineer

    Cricket Wireless

    • Developed accessible, mobile-optimized features for cricketwireless.com, including a Node.js microservice that enabled non-technical teams to launch marketing campaigns.
    • Led sessions on WCAG compliance and development best practices, strengthening accessibility awareness and elevating engineering standards across the department.
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    Associate Software Engineer

    BrightLink

    • Built scalable certification tools and OAuth 2.0-compliant eCommerce flows using AWS (SQS, Lambda, and API Gateway).
    • Delivered full-stack features in Python and JavaScript across high-impact releases, promoting engineering excellence through workshops on accessibility, security, and TDD.

Education

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    Master of Science in Corporate and Public Communication

    • Florida State University
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    Bachelor of Science in Professional Communication

    • Florida State University

Certifications

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    WAI0.1x: Introduction to Web Accessibility

    • W3Cx
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    Full Stack Development Program

    • Thinkful

Projects

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    Review Management Platform

    World Insurance Association, Inc.

    • Sole developer of a full-stack Node.js and React application that integrated with the HubSpot API to manage customer review content. The platform enabled staff to edit, approve, and publish curated reviews across 10 affiliated company websites. Over the course of 3.5 years, developed new features, handled ongoing maintenance, and delivered a user-friendly interface that streamlined content workflows. Helped improve publishing efficiency and consistency across the organization’s online presence.
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    Ambassador Program

    Auth0

    • Represented Auth0 as a developer ambassador at conferences and meetups across the U.S., delivering technical talks on authentication, OAuth, and identity best practices to developer audiences.

Conference Talks

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    Understanding OAuth and OpenID Connect

    • THAT Conference 2023
    • Connect.Tech 2021
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    All About JWTs

    • Momentum 2021
    • Code PaLOUsa 2019
    • RevolutionConf 2019
    • DotNetSouth.Tech 2019
    • Orlando Codecamp 2019
    • Connect.Tech 2018
my dog, Daisy

About Me

A little about myself outside of work: I'm a new dog owner to Daisy (see above), a sweet pitbull mix who I've been spending most of my time with lately. I'm also into board games, video games, puzzles, and other nerdy stuff 😁.