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, and developer experience.

11+ years building backend systems across public and private sectors
Building SimpleForge, a self-hosted game backend in Go and PostgreSQL
Focused on Developer Relations, Developer Education, Technical Training, and Developer Experience

Stephen Davis

Senior Backend Engineer

Developer Educator | Go • PostgreSQL

I am a software engineer with 11+ years of experience building backend systems, APIs, and distributed platforms.

Over the past decade I have worked across enterprise software, civic technology, and backend infrastructure, contributing to production systems at Workday, OpenGov, and Koddi.

Today I am building SimpleForge and moving toward roles that combine engineering depth with teaching, writing, mentorship, technical communication, and developer experience.

Core Areas

Go, PostgreSQL, API Design
API Design, System Architecture, Distributed Systems
Developer Experience, Technical Mentorship, Technical Writing
Self-Hosted Infrastructure, Production Engineering

Contact

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What I Do

Current Project

SimpleForge

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

Multi-tenant backend architecture
Formula-driven leaderboards
Player, stat, and attribute APIs
CLI tooling, migrations, and Docker deployment