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Stevenson Michel 👋

Software Engineer @ Red Hat


Stevenson Michel is a software engineer currently working at Red Hat, contributing to the Ansible Automation Platform (Controller/AWX). He develops robust backend systems, reusable UI components, and automated testing pipelines for enterprise-scale applications. His work emphasizes reliability, scalability, and user-centered design in distributed and cloud-native systems.

He is also the Co-Founder and CEO of EdLight Initiative, where he leads strategic planning, technology initiatives, and mentorship programs to increase accessibility and learning opportunities in tech.

Technical Skills

  • Languages & Frameworks: Python, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Flask, jQuery, HTML, CSS, AJAX, Bootstrap
  • Databases: MySQL, SQL
  • Distributed Systems & Backend: REST APIs, CI/CD pipelines, performance optimization, fault-tolerant architecture
  • Tools & DevOps: Docker, Cypress, Linux, Jinja, Agile methodologies
  • Other: Machine learning (CNNs, regression), workflow automation, testing & monitoring

Experience Highlights

  • Red Hat – Software Engineer (Jun 2025 – Present)

    • Backend & distributed system development, Ansible Automation Platform (Controller/AWX)
  • Red Hat – Software Engineer Intern (Jun – Aug 2024)

    • Reusable UI components, automated API performance testing, CI/CD integration
  • Berea College – Software Engineer (Aug 2023 – May 2025)

    • Web apps for campus workflow automation (1,400+ users), REST APIs, Python/Flask/MySQL
  • Berea College – Software Engineer Intern (Jun – Aug 2023)

    • Community service management web app, backend APIs, database design
  • EdLight Initiative – Co-Founder & CEO (May 2020 – Present)

    • Leadership, strategic planning, tech initiatives
  • NSBE Professionals – Software Engineering Mentor (Oct 2024 – Oct 2025)


Technical Interests & Focus Areas

  • Distributed systems and fault-tolerant architectures
  • Backend engineering and API development
  • Data replication, consistency, and performance optimization
  • Open-source software development and contribution
  • CI/CD pipelines, testing automation, and DevOps practices

🌱 Currently Exploring

  • Scaling distributed systems under high load
  • Trade-offs between consistency, availability, and latency
  • Practical approaches to real-time data replication

📫 Connect


“Distributed systems don’t fail all at once — they fail in pieces. Good design starts there.”

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  1. dog_cat_image_classifier dog_cat_image_classifier Public

    Develop a ML model to accurately identify dogs and cats in images using CNNs and deep learning techniques. The project utilizes a substantial dataset of labeled images for training and validation f…

    Jupyter Notebook

  2. MedicoAI MedicoAI Public

    I will predict healthcare costs using a regression algorithm. I have a dataset that contains information about different people including their healthcare costs. The goal is to use the data to pred…

    Jupyter Notebook

  3. BCStudentSoftwareDevTeam/celts BCStudentSoftwareDevTeam/celts Public

    Web app to support the CELTS program at Berea College

    Python 1 15

  4. BCStudentSoftwareDevTeam/lsf BCStudentSoftwareDevTeam/lsf Public

    Python

  5. rs rs Public

    Forked from RunestoneInteractive/rs

    A New Monorepo structure for Runestone

    Python

  6. bucks_app bucks_app Public

    Bucks is a smart expense tracker application allowing users to manage transactions and expenses.

    TypeScript