Hi, I'm Steven. I'm a Software Development Engineer Co-Op at UPS who enjoys designing and building software solutions. My interests are software engineering and cloud infrastructure.
About me
I'm a Computer Science graduate from NJIT (Dec 2025) with a passion for software development and cloud infrastructure. My favorite part of programming is the design and problem-solving process — I enjoy understanding systems deeply and building scalable, efficient solutions to real-world problems. I'm currently working as a Software Development Engineer Co-Op at UPS, building microservices and data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform.
When I'm not coding, I enjoy being outdoors, listening to music, and reading. I love taking on new challenges and building things that matter.
My experience
Software Development Engineer Co-Op
UPS — Hybrid
Built a .NET microservice on GCP (GKE, BigQuery, Pub/Sub) that predicts package revisit likelihood using geospatial S2 Cell IDs, enabling automated hold/redirect recommendations. Deployed with Terraform and ArgoCD in a fully containerized Git/Azure DevOps workflow.
Jun 2025 – PresentB.S. Computer Science
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science and a Minor in Applied Mathematics. NSF S-STEM Scholar.
Dec 2025Software Developer Intern
Thrivio Health — Hybrid
Designed scalable backend architecture using AWS, MongoDB, and Express.js for an AI-driven social media platform. Implemented JWT-based authentication and applied agile methodologies with daily stand-ups and sprint cycles.
Jun 2024 – Aug 2024My projects
Decision Support Systems for Real-Time Coordination
Research project at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Built a cross-platform mobile UI with real-time geospatial visualization and incident reporting for post-disaster response, backed by a serverless AWS Lambda + MongoDB + Redis pipeline.
- React Native
- Expo
- Google Maps API
- AWS Lambda
- MongoDB
- Redis
Mental Health Web Platform
Led a team to design and build a full-stack mental health web app. Developed a scalable RESTful API with Express.js and PostgreSQL deployed on Railway, and a responsive frontend with React.js and TypeScript.
- React.js
- TypeScript
- Vite
- Express.js
- PostgreSQL
- Railway
Space Satellite Coordinator
Hackathon - Girlhacks NJIT 2023 "best use of streamlit" award winner. Streamlit web app that used N2YO and OpenAI APIs to provide users with real-time data on the closest satellites to any location.
- Python
- Streamlit
- OpenAI API
My skills
- Python
- Java
- C
- C++
- C#
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- SQL
- Bash
- React
- .NET
- Next.js
- Express.js
- Spring Boot
- React Native
- Linux
- Git
- Google Cloud Platform
- AWS
- MongoDB
- MySQL
- Terraform
- ArgoCD
- Azure DevOps
Contact me
Please contact me directly at stevenalvarado.dev@gmail.com