Steven Schilinski

Software Engineer

Seattle, Washington, United States11 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in high-throughput financial infrastructure systems.
Proven track record in database optimization and scalability.
Strong background in algorithm design and wireless communications.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with strong capabilities in scalable systems and database architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

EngineeringEngineering LeadershipDistributed System ArchitectureReliability EngineeringDatabase OptimizationScalabilityDatabase ArchitectureData ManagementSoftware DevelopmentCloud Computing

Other Skills

Connection ManagementQuery PerformanceSchema DesignData PartitioningReplicationConsistency GuaranteesC#KubernetesServerless ComputingApache KafkaPythonMicrosoft SQL ServerAutomationTechnical EngineeringSoftware Testing

About

My main interests include algorithmic implementation, algorithm design, wireless communications systems, EW algorithms, software architectures, and analysis of algorithms.

Experience

11 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 11 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Coinbase

2 roles

Staff Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2026 – Present · 3 mos · Greater Seattle Area

I work on large-scale financial infrastructure systems responsible for high-throughput transaction processing and data integrity.
My focus areas include distributed system architecture, reliability engineering, and scalability of mission-critical platforms.

EngineeringEngineering Leadership

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2023 – Feb 2026 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Led efforts to scale a high-throughput Aurora PostgreSQL cluster from 5K to over 10K writes per second by optimizing connection management, query performance, and schema design.
Architected and implemented a horizontally sharded Postgres system to support sustained product growth, ensuring reliable data partitioning, replication, and consistency guarantees.