About Me

I’m Steven Checo, a senior software developer from the Dominican Republic. I’ve been shipping software professionally since 2013 — starting on the customer-support side at Claro RD, moving into full-time web and mobile development, and today working across the Microsoft stack as a senior developer and consultant.

What I work on

My day-to-day lives around C#, .NET, Blazor, and .NET MAUI, with plenty of side trips into React, Vue, Node, Kotlin, SQL, and Docker. I like the whole loop — designing the API, building the mobile or web client, wiring up the CI/CD, and getting it into users’ hands. Currently I’m a senior developer and tech lead at Montero Consulting (Dominican Republic) and a freelance consultant at Xari (United States). Before that I spent three years at Stemelle as an individual contractor.

Projects I’m proud of

  • Prodetiq — a warehouse pallet-management system I built end-to-end: .NET 6 Web API on the backend, .NET MAUI on the mobile side.
  • ACargo — a parcel-delivery platform with a client app and a driver app in Kotlin, a React back-office, and several Node.js APIs. I served as tech lead for the effort.
  • MIPE — migration of a Puerto Rico Department of Education application from ASP.NET WebForms to a modern .NET Core + Vue.js stack.
  • Road Fest — a Xamarin Forms mobile app for a company that runs tours along Route 66 in the US, with ticketing, event reservations, and route views.
  • Kosmo — a social network for a meditation company where members post, comment, and track their spiritual progress.

How I like to work

I pair with teammates, do PR reviews, and take unit, integration, and UI tests seriously — a robust test suite has saved every project I’ve been part of at least once. I’ve also spent a lot of time running CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and App Center, and I still enjoy dialing those in so a merge to main lands in TestFlight or the Play Console with a minimum of drama.

Community

In my free time I write and record about the Microsoft stack — mostly Blazor and .NET MAUI — for people who are getting started. You’ll find the long-form posts on this blog and the videos on my YouTube channel. I also contribute to the MAUI open-source community, including plugins like Plugin.Maui.ScreenRecording.

Background

I studied Software Engineering at the Technological University of Santiago (UTESA) and started my technical training earlier at the Hainamosa Technical Institute, where I graduated as an Informatics Technician. Spanish is my native language and I work comfortably in English.

Get in touch

The best ways to reach me:

If you’re working on a Blazor, MAUI, or .NET project and want a second opinion, help kicking things off, or coaching for your team, I’d love to hear from you.