Résumé

Ten years of app development experience across iOS, web, and server-side.
Proficient in many technologies: Swift, ObjC, JavaScript, Ruby; SPM, LLDB, Instruments, Docker.
Experienced in guiding technical direction, building consensus, coordinating with stakeholders.

B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky (2014)
Advanced iOS course certificate from Big Nerd Ranch
AWS Cloud Practitioner certification

Tech Lead of a six-person platform engineering team
Developed several in-house frameworks used by hundreds of iOS developers, including:
- A Redux-like, reactive store architecture for feature logic, compatible with UIKit and SwiftUI.
- A URL-parsing and routing system for deep linking to any feature of our modularized app.
- A dependency-injection system inspired by SwiftUI.
Guided developers by writing documentation and providing one-on-one support.
Refined the design of these libraries in response to user feedback and usage patterns.
Spearheaded technical upgrades in our large and complex codebase:
- Adopting Combine and Swift Package Manager (SPM).
- Improving our build system’s compile time by 9×.
- Using cutting-edge Swift features like ResultBuilders, Concurrency, and Macros.
Coordinated with feature dev teams, product owners, and leadership. Set technical requirements, triaged production bugs.
Built consensus through weekly technical design meetings with my iOS and Android counterparts.
Provided mentorship to three of my peers, to help guide their professional development.

Refactored and optimized back-end code to yield 5× 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.

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.

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.

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

MICHAEL BATES