Steve Chikwaya
Engineering Leader & Staff Engineer @ Gallup • Building AI-powered, data-driven insights
- Role
- Staff Software Engineer at Gallup
- Location
- Omaha, NE, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Steve Chikwaya
I’m an engineering leader and software architect at Gallup, helping teams deliver customer value by grounding every feature in product thinking and clear, measurable outcomes.I build and grow high-performing teams, experiment with new architectures, and address technical debt when it blocks progress. Lately, I’ve been collaborating across product groups to integrate generative AI with proven analytics, turning engagement data into prescriptive, real-time guidance for managers.I operate where product vision, behavioral science, and modern technology meet, designing software that converts research-backed insights into practical actions managers can take every day.CliftonStrengths® Top 5: Learner® | Analytical® | Ideation® | Command® | Strategic®
Experience
Staff Software Engineer
Jun 2024 — Present · Omaha, NE, US
Partner with business, product, and engineering leaders to shape roadmaps and ship high-impact features, using lightweight RFCs and weekly architecture checkpoints to keep decisions fast and market-focused. Engineering lead and owner of a multi-tenant slice-and-dice engine and semantic layer that lets customers and consultants pivot complex engagement data in seconds. Design and oversee high-throughput streaming and ETL pipelines that feed multiple data lakes for reporting and research. Drive AI-powered text-to-SQL capabilities that turn plain-language questions into grounded queries; pilots cut query-to-insight time by 40 %. Turn “what happened” dashboards into “what to do next” recommendations by combining AI with Gallup’s research benchmarks. Coach engineers through design reviews and pairing sessions, safeguarding code quality, security, and cloud efficiency without slowing delivery.
Education
University of Nebraska at Omaha
BS, Management Information Systems, Computer Science
2001 — 2005
Skills
- Open Source
- Rust
- Ember.js
- Obiee
- Git
- React.js
- Sass
- C
- Javascript
- Html5
- Unit Testing
- Node.js
- Java
- User Experience
- Data Visualization
- Python
- Bash
- Go
- Amazon Web Services (Aws)
- Software Engineering
- Agile Methodologies
- Restful Webservices
- User Interface Design
- Less
- Web Applications
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