Steph Sommers

Steph Sommers’ career has come full circle. She started at Blend as a BLIP candidate, fresh out of Dakota State University with a Computer Science degree, and stayed on for four years. She then spent three and a half years as a product owner — writing technical specs and seeing projects from the planning side — before returning to Blend as Lead Developer.

That detour shapes how she works. Steph focuses on the back end — building new sites and supporting existing ones — and she’s at her best with large data sets, especially when migrating old content into a fresh build. Clients count on her attention to detail, her habit of digging into new technologies, and her ability to explain technical ideas in plain terms, all in service of making their day-to-day work easier.

Outside work, you’ll find Steph hiking, running, lifting, or out on an adventure with her family and dogs.