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Michael Musson

@michaelmusson

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Staff software engineer specializing in scalable cloud-native systems, performance, and reliability.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking senior engineering roles focused on scalable cloud-native backend and platform work, with strong emphasis on reliability, performance, and multi-cloud infrastructure.

I am a staff software engineer with 10+ years building scalable, cloud-native systems using JavaScript and Python across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I design distributed backend platforms, high-performance APIs, and modern web applications that serve millions of users.

I have led multi-cloud modernization, implemented event-driven pipelines and observability, and solved production scaling and database challenges to reduce latency and recovery time. My work has included redesigning legacy systems into containerized microservices, improving throughput and reducing downtime for critical services.

I focus on system reliability, performance optimization, and long-term scalability, and I enjoy enabling fast product innovation by delivering resilient infrastructure under heavy load.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Staff Software Engineer

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Facebook

Dec 2020 - Present (5 years 3 months)

Designed and scaled distributed Node.js and Python services supporting high-traffic systems, reducing peak latency through async processing and inter-service optimizations; led multi-cloud modernization with Kubernetes and automated failover.

Node Python Kubernetes AWS GCP PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Docker

Senior Software Engineer

Google

Apr 2018 - Dec 2020 (2 years 8 months)

Developed high-volume cloud services and scalable APIs on GCP, re-architecting backends to support 5× traffic growth while maintaining performance SLAs and building CI/CD and monitoring tools to improve release confidence.

Python GCP Kubernetes Docker React PostgreSQL MongoDB CI CD

Software System Development Engineer

Yahoo

Jul 2013 - Apr 2018 (4 years 9 months)

Built scalable backend services with Python and Node.js, stabilizing production systems and reducing downtime by 40% across critical services through architecture redesign and caching/database optimizations.

Python Node Django PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Scalability Performance Tuning Microservices

Systems Research and Development Intern

State Farm

Jan 2011 - May 2011 (4 months)

Supported prototyping of internal research systems and contributed to 5+ experimental projects, accelerating development timelines and improving internal engineering workflows.

Prototyping Backend Development Testing Automation Documentation