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Michael Chen

@michaelchen5

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I build scalable platforms—software architecture, API design, and performance optimization.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build cloud-native platforms where I can own scalable architecture, improve reliability through automated testing/CI/CD, and drive measurable performance wins in a collaborative distributed team.

I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing, building, and optimizing scalable software platforms using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, PostgreSQL, React, Node.js, and AWS.

At University of Dallas, I architected and owned a cloud-native academic operations platform, streamlining enrollment, reporting, and workflow automation through scalable architecture, schema design, and CI/CD pipelines.

I lead automated evaluation and testing frameworks to reduce regression risk and improve release confidence, and I drive performance optimization across React applications, API services, and PostgreSQL queries to cut response times and resource usage.

Previously at Groupon and Fourth Frontier, I built full-stack features for large-scale platforms and healthcare SaaS systems, improving stability with debugging, monitoring, and structured testing—while mentoring engineers and collaborating effectively across distributed and asynchronous teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Current

University of Dallas

Jan 2026 - Present (6 months)

Architected and owned a cloud-native academic operations platform, designing scalable architecture and database schemas to support growing adoption. Established CI/CD and automated testing frameworks and led performance optimization across React, API services, and PostgreSQL to improve reliability and response times.

Python TypeScript React PostgreSQL AWS CI CD Software Architecture Performance Optimization Distributed Systems Testing Automation

Full Stack Engineer

Groupon

Jan 2022 - Dec 2025 (3 years 11 months)

Built and enhanced large-scale e-commerce and merchant platforms using JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, and AWS. Implemented automated testing, performance monitoring, and database/caching optimizations to improve scalability and reduce production issues across distributed services.

JavaScript TypeScript Go React PostgreSQL Redis AWS CI CD Performance Monitoring Testing Automation

Full Stack Developer

Fourth Frontier

Sep 2017 - Dec 2021 (4 years 3 months)

Created healthcare SaaS applications for patients, clinicians, and operational teams using JavaScript, Python, PostgreSQL, and REST APIs. Maintained and refactored backend services and API integrations, debugging production issues and improving application stability.