Michael Royster

Senior Software Engineer

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States15 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in System Automation and OOP.
Proven track record in mentoring and team coordination.
Extensive experience in CI/CD and developer productivity.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineer specializing in System Automation and Developer Productivity within the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

System AutomationObject-oriented Programming (oop)

Other Skills

PhysicsSoftware DevelopmentAzure DevOpsWeb DevelopmentMachine LearningNumerical AnalysisData AnalysisComputer RepairSimulationsComputer ScienceMathematical ModelingProgrammingResearchSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)Information Technology

Experience

15 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

3 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Webstaurantstore

4 roles

Senior Software Engineer, Engineering Productivity

May 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo · Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States · Hybrid

Senior Software Engineer, Engineering Productivity (Lead)

Promoted

Nov 2021 – Jul 2022 · 8 mos

I develop tooling, processes, documentation, & organizational structures meant to streamline developer's experience. When developing locally, we integrate tools directly into the user's IDEs for a more native experience.
When promoting code to higher environments, my team provides automated scans and policies (in Azure DevOps) to ensure high-quality code submissions with easy to use feedback. My team provides this service to hundreds of projects with thousands of different build and deployment pipelines.
I mentor other team members, providing technical & professional guidance & expertise.
I coordinate with various areas of the business, consulting with Software and Database Architects to plan rollouts of new integrated technologies across our department.

System AutomationObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Software Engineer, Engineering Productivity

Sep 2019 – Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Develop tooling, processes, documentation, & organizational structures meant to streamline developer's experience when developing local and in higher environments. This requires coordination of hundreds of projects across thousands of different build and deployment pipelines.

System Automation

Software Engineer

Sep 2016 – Sep 2019 · 3 yrs

Develop and maintain applications written in ColdFusion using Framework One across multiple systems and environments.
Develop deployment methodologies using Team Foundation Server and Octopus Deploy.
Track development lifecycle with Product Owners using Scrum practices of Daily Standups, Sprint Plannings, Effort Sizings, and Retrospectives.
Working closely with Quality Assurance Engineers, Database Administrators, Business Analysts, and Product Owners to ensure project success.

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Confluent

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2022 – Apr 2023 · 9 mos · Remote

As a member of the Developer Productivity Team, I maintain and update Python tooling and CI/CD for our documentation site, distributed across approximately 100 repos. This involves coordination with multiple teams and processes that hook into the documentation builds. I also provide on-call support for any issue that may arise to the Developer Productivity Team.

System Automation

Drexel university

2 roles

Systems Administrator - Physics Department

Promoted

Sep 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr · Greater Philadelphia Area

Install and maintain linux email servers.
Install and isolate research software on shared research clusters.
Create dyanmic websites in Python using Django framework.

Teaching Assistant

Sep 2013 – Sep 2015 · 2 yrs · Greater Philadelphia Area

Spring 2015
Teaching assistant for Physics 102 taught by Professors Tyagi, Urbanc, & Aprelev
Winter 2015
Teaching assistant for Physics 101 taught by Professors Tyagi, Urbanc, & Aprelev
Fall 2014
Teaching assistant for Physics 103 taught by Professor Steinberg
Summer 2014
Teaching assistant for Physics 135 taught by Professor Love
Spring 2014
Teaching assistant for Physics 102 taught by Professors Tyagi, Urbanc, & Aprelev
Winter 2014
Teaching assistant for Physics 101 taught by Professors Tyagi, Urbanc, & Aprelev
Fall 2013
Lab assistant for Physics 154 taught by Professor Popov
Fall 2013
Teaching assistant for Physics 154 taught by Professor Popov

Grove city college

2 roles

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2013 – May 2013 · 4 mos

Lab Assistant for Physics 102 taught by Professor Wolinski
Teaching Assistant for Computer Science 252 taught by Professor Yeager

IT Helpdesk Technician

Aug 2010 – May 2013 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Interact with clients, diagnose software and hardware issues with issued computer systems, document all issues for trend analysis, prepare systems for redistribution