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Michael Ong

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Senior software engineer, 10+ years: React, TypeScript, Go and native iOS. Led teams of four. AI, fintech and logistics products. Philippines.

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Senior software engineer with 10+ years building products and rebuilding systems that have outgrown their architecture. I work across React, TypeScript, Next.js, Go, Node.js (NestJS, Prisma), AWS and native iOS (Swift, SwiftUI).

At Betterteam I rebuilt a recruitment dashboard in React, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS on Go APIs, and the new platform recorded 98% crash-free users. At Inknoe / Edcafe AI I led four engineers, built an AI study tutor with Canvas LMS integration, cut reported crashes 80% and cut monthly infrastructure cost 37.5%, from $4,000 to $2,500.

Earlier I was Lead Frontend Engineer at Shipmates (YC S22), built a SwiftUI app for HafH, built banking apps at Whitecloak, and was one of the first engineers on SeriousMD (now 34,000+ doctors). I also build my own products at Buslo Collective: Nooksi, a multi-tenant creator-commerce platform on Go, React and AWS, and Sycee, an iOS app with a 4.8 App Store rating. I use AI coding agents with custom hooks and skills, and I review what they write.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Founder / Software Engineer

Buslo Collective

Jul 2021 - Present (5 years 3 months)

Building independent products including Nooksi, a multi-tenant creator-commerce platform with Go, React, CloudFront, and SQS workers; Sycee, a native iOS Chinese almanac; and Ube, a native iOS expense app with on-device receipt OCR.

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Senior Software Engineer

Betterteam

Sep 2025 - Aug 2026 (11 months)

Rebuilt a recruitment platform around a React/TypeScript dashboard and Go APIs, moving away from server-side rendering and a tightly coupled Haskell backend. Simplified client data flow and service boundaries, and added client telemetry and error monitoring.

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Software Engineering Lead

Inknoe / Edcafe AI

Jun 2024 - Sep 2025 (1 year 3 months)

Led four engineers across learning products serving 5,000+ monthly active users. Cut reported application crashes by 80% in Edcafe AI and reduced monthly infrastructure cost from $4,000 to $2,500 by moving media delivery to DigitalOcean Spaces.

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Technical Product Manager / Tech Lead

Apollo Technologies

Mar 2024 - Jun 2024 (3 months)

Led a five-person team prototyping payment APIs, working through checkout-related transaction, webhook, settlement, and idempotency requirements.

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Senior Mobile Engineer

HafH by Kabuk Style

Aug 2023 - Jan 2024 (5 months)

Built a SwiftUI travel-subscription iOS MVP from scratch, including state management and integration with existing Rails APIs.

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Lead Frontend Engineer

Shipmates

Sep 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year)

Owned frontend architecture for the React/TypeScript merchant dashboard, including parcel booking, bulk labels, and shipment tracking. Built the frontend for Fleets, a dispatch product launched across four Philippine provinces.

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Senior Software Engineer

Tappollo Media

Aug 2021 - Aug 2023 (2 years)

Built startup web and mobile products, including React Native location matching for Bridge, native iOS work for Promly, and experimental blockchain work on ronin.art.

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Software Engineer

SeriousMD by LeapFroggr

Nov 2020 - Nov 2021 (1 year)

Returned to SeriousMD. Improved iOS performance so thousands of patients load smoothly, and extended telemedicine features for SeriousMD and NowServing.

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Software Engineer

Whitecloak Technologies

Jun 2018 - Nov 2020 (2 years 5 months)

Built native iOS interfaces for UnionBank Online, including Credit Card Rewards and PlayEveryday features.

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Software Engineer

SeriousMD by LeapFroggr

Apr 2015 - Jun 2018 (3 years 2 months)

One of the first engineers on SeriousMD. Developed features for SeriousMD and NowServing across ASP.NET/Entity Framework/SQL Server, web, and native iPad apps. Built clinical workflows for patient records, prescriptions, and consultations.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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De La Salle University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2010 - 2015

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a focus on Software Technology from De La Salle University, completed in 2015.

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