Résumé

Ten years of software engineering experience using Swift, Obj-C, JavaScript, Ruby, Docker, Agile & Kanban.
I have a reputation for exceptional teamwork, openness, judgement, and technical skill.
Designed and developed Swift libraries used by the hundreds of developers of the Capital One iOS app.
Built a marketplace platform for manufacturing that handled thousands of users and over $1 million in sales.
Delivered multiple web and iOS apps for enterprise clients.
B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky
AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification

May 2019 - Now

Tech Lead of a six-person engineering team charged with modernizing our app’s foundations and building a modular system of feature-plugins. After four years of me leading this effort, our app is now fully modernized.
Designed and developed several in-house frameworks used by hundreds of other developers, including:
- Reactive, Redux-like feature architecture, compatible with UIKit and SwiftUI.
- Routing algorithm for deep linking to any feature of our modularized app.
- Dependency injection system inspired by SwiftUI’s EnvironmentValues.
Supported developers as they adopted these new frameworks by writing documentation and providing one-on-one support. I continually refined the design of these libraries in response to feedback and usage patterns.
Spearheaded a multi-year migration from RxSwift to Combine. I designed compiler warnings to progressively guide developers as they migrated their code, which eased the learning curve and my team’s support burden.
Built consensus through weekly technical design meetings with my Android counterparts for the sake of cross-platform alignment.
Formally mentored three of my peers, at their request, to help guide their professional development.
Consistently top-ranked in performance and peer reviews and frequently approached by both developers and product owners for my guidance and knowledge.

July 2018 - May 2019

Refactored and optimized back-end code to yield 5x speed improvement.
Built a micro-service on AWS Lambda for moving sales data into our accounting system. Held regular meetings with accounting team stakeholders to meet their requirements.

March 2016 - July 2018 (acquired by Xometry)

Developed full-stack solutions for our manufacturing platform using Ruby on Rails and AngularJS. The platform was responsible for over $1 million in transactions in 2017 and continued to grow until it was acquired.
Built UI for instant budgetary pricing intelligence which leveraged custom machine-learning models. This was MakeTime’s differentiator in the manufacturing market space.
Enabled the Fulfillment team to manage a high workload by building a matchmaking micro-service to find viable candidates from a network of over 2000 suppliers.

May 2014 - March 2016

Built iOS app in Swift to facilitate sales pitches and place orders. I extensively researched the client’s existing sales workflow and delivered the app in two months to align with their next sales initiative.
Built a prototype iOS app for a client’s enterprise document storage service. I designed and developed the UX and helped build the complimentary Rails backend.

Sept. 2011 - May 2014

Enabled researchers to analyze data and collaborate efficiently by building several custom-tailored web apps.
Designed and developed personnel-management web app.

MICHAEL BATES