Michael Phillips
@michaelphillips1
Senior Web Developer and Technical Project Manager driving scalable API solutions.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a hands-on senior web developer and technical project manager with 10 years delivering full-stack features, scalable APIs, and on-call incident resolution across enterprise and startup environments. I specialize in React with TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, Python FastAPI, and PostgreSQL, and I focus on measurable performance, reliability, and developer velocity improvements.
Throughout my career I have led interface modernizations, API contract design, CI/CD standardization, and observability integrations that significantly reduced latency, defects, and deployment rollbacks. I’ve delivered results such as improving median request latency by 73%, increasing test coverage from 28% to 76%, and cutting duplicate order occurrences by 99% through robust backend fixes.
I mentor teams, build shared component libraries, and implement infrastructure and automation (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions) to accelerate releases while maintaining accessibility and security standards like WCAG AA and OAuth2/JWT. I bring a pragmatic, metrics-driven approach to product and platform delivery.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Project Manager
Blue Pigeon
Apr 2024 - Present (2 years 2 months)
Led interface modernization and hands-on technical work using Next.js and Node.js/Express, reducing component churn 56% and page load time 42% across 12 enterprise applications while improving median API latency by 73% via Redis caching and PostgreSQL tuning.
Co-Founder & Head of Product
Stealth AI, Inc
Dec 2023 - Apr 2024 (4 months)
Built responsive Next.js/React prototypes and serverless AWS Lambda back ends, increasing prototype conversion signals 27% and supporting 150K monthly catalog queries with median API response under 120ms while reducing duplicate orders by 99% through idempotent endpoints and Celery tasks.
Developed enterprise REST and GraphQL APIs and Next.js data visualizations, cutting average API response time 54% and enabling sub-second filtering across 1.2M records while improving merge-to-deploy velocity 37% via CI/CD and contract testing.
Full Stack Developer
Tinder
Jun 2015 - Jan 2018 (2 years 7 months)
Built React components and Node.js/Express endpoints for early product prototypes, improving prototype iteration speed 35%, reducing heavy-query costs 41%, and increasing new-user activation 28% through metrics-driven A/B testing.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of California, Los Angeles
Master's Degree, Computer Applications
2012 - 2013
Completed a Master's degree in Computer Applications at UCLA from July 2012 to May 2013.
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor's Degree
2007 - 2011
Completed a Bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley between August 2007 and May 2011.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
Interested in hiring Michael?
You can contact Michael and 90k+ other talented remote workers on Himalayas.
Message MichaelFind your dream job
Sign up now and join over 250,000+ remote workers who receive personalized job alerts, curated job matches, and more for free!
