Michael Barlow
Sr Staff Software Engineer at Material Bank®
Greater Orlando United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Barlow is a Staff Software Engineer with 15 years building platforms, teams, and distributed cloud systems from startups to global media and edge compute at companies like Material Bank, Yahoo Edgecast, and Red Bull Media House. He combines hands-on engineering in Go, Python, and full‑stack stacks with architecture and infrastructure expertise—designing production edge compute components and leading immersive 3D/Unity experiences. A proven early hire and technical lead, he’s launched core services, created video processing platforms, and scaled microservice APIs while recruiting and growing engineering teams. Comfortable in both startup CTO roles and enterprise environments, he brings a pragmatic mix of product-minded engineering and systems design. Based in Orlando, he pairs deep technical breadth with a knack for turning POCs into robust production platforms.
16 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of New Orleans
Github Skills (22)
docker8
developer-tools8
kubernetes7
k8s6
openfaas3
multi-user3
swarm3
saas3
cicd3
faas2
bootstrap2
dashboard2
multi-tenant2
cloud-native2
serverless2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mbarlow/mini-rpg
Mar 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:59 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 2 months
mbarlow/mbarlow.github.io
Jul 2025 - Jan 2026
https://mbarlow.github.io/
Contributions:1 release, 24 PRs, 79 pushes in 6 months
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