Michael Baghel is a seasoned freelance web developer with eight years of experience building scalable front-end systems and modern cloud-native backends across startups and enterprise teams. He has substantial hands-on expertise in React, Redux, Angular modernization, serverless Node.js Lambdas, Kubernetes (EKS), DynamoDB and IaC using the Serverless framework. At HP he led large rewrites, reduced technical debt and improved performance, while as a freelancer he re-architected a DLP scanning service migrated from Azure to AWS and prototypes AI-powered media tooling that earned hackathon recognition. Comfortable working across the full stack, he pairs rapid prototyping and API integration with disciplined engineering practices, CI/CD design and on-call production support. His background in journalism and investigative fraud work gives him a pragmatic, deadline-driven approach to problem framing and communication with stakeholders. Based in the UAE, he often steps into teams at different product stages to deliver prototypes, new features and architectural improvements under tight timelines.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Journalism, Journalism at Centennial College
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) at Goodman School of Business at Brock University
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Michael Baghel - Freelance Web Developer at Self-employed