Engineer • Educator • Builder

Stephen Davis

Senior Backend Engineer & Developer Educator

I build backend systems and help developers understand them. My work focuses on Go, PostgreSQL, APIs, distributed systems, developer tooling, and developer experience.

11+ years building production systems at Workday, OpenGov, and Koddi
Building SimpleForge, a self-hosted backend platform in Go and PostgreSQL
Focused on engineering education, technical mentorship, and practical system architecture

Stephen Davis

Senior Backend Engineer

Developer Educator | Go • PostgreSQL

I am a software engineer with 11+ years of experience building distributed systems, APIs, developer tooling, and cloud-native platforms.

I have designed and delivered software at Workday, OpenGov, and Koddi, and most recently built SimpleForge, a self-hosted backend platform written in Go and PostgreSQL.

I am especially interested in roles that combine engineering depth with teaching, mentorship, technical writing, developer experience, and practical architecture.

Core Areas

Go, PostgreSQL, API Design
Distributed Systems, Multi-Tenant Architecture, Data Modeling
Developer Experience, Engineering Education, Technical Writing
Docker, AWS, Azure, CI/CD, Observability

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What I Do

Current Product

SimpleForge

A self-hosted backend platform for games and online applications, built in Go and PostgreSQL.

Schema-per-tenant architecture
Player, stat, attribute, and event APIs
Formula-driven leaderboards
CLI tooling, API keys, migrations, and Docker deployment

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