Jun 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos · Brooklyn, New York, United States

• I worked full-time caring for my children and our household.

Apr 2020 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · New York, New York, United States

• I led two engineering teams, one responsible for Codecademy's content and learning management system and the other responsible for the core interactive learning experience.
• In addition to technical and process leadership, I was particularly focused on the well-being of my team members during the first months of the pandemic. Over my tenure, I not only retained all of my direct reports, but also supported several through promotions.
• I also owned the technical interview process for backend engineering candidates. Composed, tested, and launched a new interview module that more closely aligned with the skillset we wanted to hire. Helped to standardize the rubric used to score behavioral interviews given to engineers.
• "Feedback from the team indicates that Michael has built a culture that encourages every voice be heard." –My manager
• "Michael also knows how to build honest safe environment where all voices are welcome and appreciated. He's thoughtful, caring and supportive, and he's a great representative of our team." –Team member

Mar 2019 – Apr 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · New York, New York, United States

• I worked as a senior engineer and tech lead on a team focused on evolving Codecademy's CMS and content APIs. I served as a primary owner of several critical codebases and as a subject matter expert in the Ruby language and its ecosystem.
• Example projects:
• Content Search: I designed, implemented, and launched the full-text search system for Codecademy's heterogenous catalog of content: lessons, quizzes, projects, articles, etc. (Elasticsearch, AWS, Ruby, Grape)
• Content Permissions: I designed and built and RBAC permissions system allowing different types of CMS users—from admins to contract workers—differential access based on the content type and action type. (Ruby, Rails)
• Ruby Static Analysis: I gained consensus on and implemented a system to enforce consistent code style across Codecademy's many Ruby codebases and created a playbook for bringing old code up to standard over time. (Ruby, Rubocop)

Mar 2018 – Feb 2019 · 11 mos · New York, New York, United States

Mar 2017 – Feb 2018 · 11 mos · New York, New York

• Evolved Thrive Global's crowd-sourced content CMS and website. Built an SMS-based behavior change application.

Jul 2012 – Feb 2017 · 4 yrs 7 mos · New York, New York

• I served on a small team of engineers for the cooking and home website. During my time at Food52 we built a custom content-integrated e-commerce platform from scratch.

Mar 2011 – Jun 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos · Pittsburgh, PA

• Worked my way from the content team onto the tech team. I built Excel macros that generated natural-language descriptions of consumer products from data about them. I migrated that system into the company's Ruby codebase and became a member of the engineering team.

Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 · 3 yrs · Pittsburgh, PA