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Stephen Lester

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Director of Platform Engineering at Bolt
📍 Traverse City, Michigan, United States

Stephen is an engineering leader with over 25 years of experience specializing in platform modernization, DevOps, and scalable infrastructure for AI, crypto, and mobile. Described by colleagues as having a "Midas touch" for IT, he excels at transitioning organizations from legacy systems to modern, service-oriented architectures. He is a graduate of Georgia Southern University.

Outside of his engineering leadership, Stephen has a creative and technical side. He is a videographer and drone operator with a portfolio of film work listed on IMDb. He also runs an IT blog, Burnin-Media, where he publishes articles to help others solve complex technical challenges.

Unique fact: Stephen has served as a First Camera Assistant on a music video and has credits on IMDb for his film work.

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Current Role
Director of Platform Engineering
Location
Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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Platform Modernization
His career focuses on transitioning companies from legacy monolithic workflows to modern, scalable microservices and service-oriented architectures.
DevOps Culture
He has a long history of implementing DevOps and SRE best practices to improve software delivery, increase velocity, and reduce cognitive load on engineering teams.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Director of Platform Engineering
Bolt
6-2024 - 7-2024
Lead Platform, Principal Engineer
Bolt
10-2021 - 5-2024
Platform Tech Lead/ Interim Director of Platforms
Ripple
2-2019 - 10-2021
DevOps Engineer
Wowza Media Systems
6-2018 - 2-2019
DevOps Engineer
Everyday Health Inc.
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Education
2013 - 2015
Bachelor’s Degree
Georgia Southern University
2009 - 2013
CS
Georgia State University Perimeter College
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