Michael Albinson
Principal Software Engineer at ServiceNow
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Albinson is a Principal Software Engineer based in New York with a decade of experience architecting high-performance, full-stack cloud applications and driving security for AI platforms. He has led cross-functional teams at ServiceNow and Shopify to close critical security gaps, ship foundational access controls for AI Agents, and defend high-scale checkout systems used by global merchants. Known for translating complex technical and security requirements into pragmatic roadmaps, he combines deep hands-on expertise in Java, Node.js, React, and cloud architectures with a multidisciplinary background in electrical systems and embedded projects. Michael is a proven mentor and hiring leader who established testing standards and team rituals that scaled across organizations and reduced toil. An uncommon strength is his ability to spot non-obvious risks early—he independently identified and remediated generative AI vulnerabilities that aligned stakeholders from engineering to the CTO. He holds computing and mechanical engineering degrees from Queen’s University, reflecting his breadth across software and hardware domains.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BComp - Bachelor of Computing, BComp - Bachelor of Computing at Queen's UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at The Branson School
Spanish, French
Github Skills (6)
new-project9
starlark7
golang6
fuel5
slack-bot4
arduino3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
michaelalbinson/Mainsail
Oct 2018 - Jun 2021
Free, open-source python API for automated posts to social media
Contributions:3 PRs, 8 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 8 months
apipythonpostssocial-mediasource-python
michaelalbinson/michaelalbinson.github.io
May 2016 - Aug 2023
My personal website
Contributions:2 PRs, 173 pushes, 4 branches in 7 years 5 months
reactnextjs
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