Senior software engineer specializing in cloud platforms, distributed systems, and observability. Between you and me, I can even swim.
Expert in Python and Go with strong experience in Java. I design and build scalable backend systems, APIs, and distributed services that operate reliably at scale.
I build monitoring, logging, metrics, and tracing systems that improve service visibility, incident response, and operational excellence.
Deep experience containerizing and deploying systems using Docker and Kubernetes, with production ownership from development through rollout.
I work on core platform services supporting large-scale, multi-tenant cloud workloads. My focus includes distributed systems, observability, and performance.
I lead cross-team initiatives from design through production rollout and build monitoring and diagnostic systems that improve reliability and incident response.
Designed and built high-performance backend services and APIs (REST, GraphQL, RPC) in Go supporting large-scale content delivery systems.
Built systems that increased stream revenue by over 50% and mentored junior engineers across the team.
Engineered systems integrating a large network of internal and external services and developed a mission-critical operational data store.
Built user-facing applications, wrote automated tests, and owned deployment pipelines.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
B.S. Computer Science · Summa Cum Laude (4.0)
Central Piedmont Community College
A.S. Computer Science
Michael Phelps
Senior Software Engineer
ask@nottheswimmer.org