Michael Burden Jr — Engineering Manager

With 20 years in software engineering, I’ve seen the full stack and debugged most of it. My career has been equal parts creativity, curiosity, and the occasional late-night bug that kept me grounded. I spent seven years as a founder and entrepreneur, building a software company that created bespoke solutions for nonprofits. Leading that business taught me how to build great teams, deliver on scrappy timelines, and translate ideas into impact. Before joining Netflix, I worked across startups, Ancestry.com, MLB.com, and Disney Streaming, where I helped launch Disney+ globally. That experience cemented my love for systems that scale and teams that bring them to life. At Netflix, I’ve spent the past few years building and now leading in the Growth Engineering space, the systems that power plan upgrades, extra member add-ons, and account access experiences for millions of members around the world. As an Engineering Manager, I lead a team of brilliant, multi-disciplinary engineers focused on building experiences that deepen member value and drive innovation across Netflix’s commerce platform. My leadership philosophy is simple: create clarity, build trust, and get out of the way so talented people can do their best work. I thrive at the intersection of technology, creativity, and leadership, and I’ve learned that the best ideas often come with a sense of humor. Whether scaling startups or building for millions, my goal is always the same: deliver impact, empower teams, and leave things better than I found them.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Full-Stack Engineer with extensive experience in Streaming and Web Development.

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Experience: 22 yrs 9 mos

Skills

Engineering Management
Growth Engineering
Frontend Development
Web Application Development
Microservices Development
Web Development
Full-stack Development

Career Highlights

20 years of software engineering experience.
Led Disney+ global launch team.
Expert in building scalable systems.

Work Experience

Netflix

Engineering Manager (4 yrs 9 mos)

Disney Streaming Services

Senior Software Engineer (4 yrs 9 mos)

Ancestry

Senior Software Engineer (1 yr)

LOYAL3

Software Engineer, Front-End (1 yr 10 mos)

DudaMobile

Senior Web Developer (1 yr)

thisMoment, Inc

Software Engineer, Full-Stack (1 yr 10 mos)

PPD, Inc

Systems Developer (2 yrs 8 mos)

McClatchy Interactive

Web Developer (8 mos)

RPS Technology

Software Engineer, Full-Stack (6 mos)

NC State University

Web Application Developer (3 yrs 8 mos)

Education

Bachelors at North Carolina State University

Michael Burden Jr

Engineering Manager

San Francisco, California, United States22 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

20 years of software engineering experience.
Led Disney+ global launch team.
Expert in building scalable systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Full-Stack Engineer with extensive experience in Streaming and Web Development.

Contact

mburden@netflix.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementGrowth EngineeringFrontend DevelopmentWeb Application DevelopmentMicroservices DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentFull-stack Development

Other Skills

A/B testingAJAXAdobe AnalyticsAdvanced CSSAngularJSApacheCMSCSSCascading Style Sheets (CSS)ClojurescriptDreamweaverE-commerceEnzymeExpressFTP

About

Experience

Netflix

Engineering Manager

Jun 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos · Los Gatos, California, United States · On-site

I lead the Member Commerce engineering team in Netflix’s Growth org, the folks behind the plan upgrades, extra member flows, and paid sharing experiences you tap through every time your subscription changes. We design, build, and evolve the revenue-driving moments that keep Netflix simple for members and sustainable as a business.
My job is equal parts coaching, strategy, and clearing the runway. I support a cross-functional team of UI, backend, and QA engineers as they ship A/B experiments, turn winning ideas into polished features, and strengthen the systems that keep our commerce journeys fast, reliable, and intuitive. I focus heavily on clarity, quality, and helping people grow into leaders who own their work end to end.
After 20 years as a full-stack engineer, I still love solving hard problems. Now I get to do it by empowering brilliant engineers, shaping how we build, and making sure the team has the space and support to deliver their best work, ideally with a laugh or two along the way.

A/B testingUI engineeringbackend engineeringQA engineeringEngineering ManagementGrowth Engineering

Disney streaming services

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2016 – Jun 2021 · 4 yrs 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Frontend Software Engineer for Disney+ Web and Mobile Web
Served on the Disney+ Web launch team including the releases of the pre-launch
marketing splash pages, the beta launch in The Netherlands, and the continued launch
roll out -- currently at 83 countries.
Collaborated with a small group of engineers to architect the Disney+ web application
from scratch using React, Redux, Typescript, Node, Jest, and Enzyme.
Built critical features such as video player integration, analytics framework, UpNext and
PostPlay video logic, and account management. Served as the primary subject matter
expert on the web team for these flows.
Served as the lead analytics implementation engineer for Adobe Analytics, Adobe
Launch, and Disney’s in-house analytics suite. Responsible for the implementation of all three suites across all components of the Disney+ web application.

ReactReduxTypescriptNodeJestEnzyme+3

Ancestry

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2015 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr · San Francisco

Responsible for the design and implementation of various customer facing microservices powered by React and Redux on the front-end and Node and Express on the backend.
Participated in the development of a query service for collecting data for over 2 million AncestryDNA customers. Query service was powered by Node and Resitfy and consumed by various internal Ancestry teams. Responsible for development of core features, unit tests, and automated test coverage.

ReactReduxNodeExpressMicroservices DevelopmentFrontend Development

Loyal3

Software Engineer, Front-End

Oct 2013 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for planning and developing various micro-services using Clojurescript and Reagent to power consumer-facing registration applications for capital markets, social stock plans, and internal applications.
Responsible for continuous development and maintenance of corporate website and various consumer facing applications using HTML, CSS, Javascript, and React integrated with backend services and apis powered by Scala.
Worked with various cross-company teams including Marketing, TechOps, and Product Development to design and build internal applications and micro-services to support consumer-facing financial applications.

ClojurescriptHTMLCSSJavaScriptReactFrontend Development+1

Dudamobile

Senior Web Developer

Oct 2012 – Oct 2013 · 1 yr · Palo Alto, CA

Responsible for setup and management of web sites and web applications powered by Joomla and running on LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) infrastructure.
Responsible for the development and deployment of front-end web sites (utilizing HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery and AJAX technologies) and back-end applications (utilizing PHP and MySQL technologies).
Responsible for developing pixel-perfect, cross-browser compatible web sites according to wireframes, design concepts, and corporate style guides.

JoomlaLAMPHTMLCSSJavaScriptjQuery+3

Thismoment, inc

Software Engineer, Full-Stack

Nov 2010 – Sep 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for the development and deployment of front-end web sites (utilizing
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery and AJAX technologies) and back-end applications (utilizing PHP and MySQL technologies).
Served as the lead software engineer development and deployment of mobile web sites and web apps for brand channels across YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.

HTMLCSSJavaScriptjQueryAJAXPHP+3

Ppd, inc

Systems Developer

Mar 2008 – Nov 2010 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Morrisville, NC

Responsible for setup and management of web sites and web applications running on LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) infrastructure.
Responsible for the development and deployment of front-end web sites (utilizing HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery and AJAX technologies) and back-end applications (utilizing PHP and MySQL technologies)
Responsible for developing pixel-perfect, cross-browser compatible web sites according to wireframes, design concepts, and corporate style guides.
Working with limited direction, provided systems analysis, design, development, testing and support for tools on a customized open-source web-based system.
Worked with business users to define system requirements, design the system specifications, develop and test the program code, and perform system testing.

HTMLCSSJavaScriptjQueryAJAXPHP+3