Michael Berger
Senior Software Engineer Health R&D at Apple
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Berger is a Senior Software Engineer in Health R&D with a decade of experience building resilient, high-velocity mobile and backend systems from startup prototypes to enterprise scale. He excels at pragmatic architecture and process improvements that measurably boost development velocity and stability—previous roles include leading refactors that improved delivery speed by 25% and shipping critical iOS experiences at Venmo and Foxtrot. As founder of BergerBytes he’s shipped games, open-source libraries, and consulting work for companies like Walgreens and Shake Shack, blending product instincts with hands-on engineering. At Apple he now applies that product-meets-platform mentality to health research systems, focusing on quality and long-term maintainability. He’s an engineer who mentors teams, builds reusable UI frameworks, and also pursues experimental work—his succinct GitHub persona hints at a playful, creative streak behind rigorous craftsmanship. Based in Chicago, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a history of turning complex requirements into pragmatic, shipping solutions.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Interactive Media Design, Interactive Media Design at Tribeca Flashpoint CollegeMobile Makers
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (43)
objective-c10
ios10
realtime10
nakama10
swift10
macos10
backend10
multiplayer9
socket-io9
websocket9
server9
cache-storage9
nodejs9
xcode9
cocoapods9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
BergerBytes/StateKit
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
A UI agnostic state management system to control the madness of scaling apps and teams.
Contributions:65 commits, 1 PR, 63 pushes in 1 year 1 month
management-systemreactstate-managementagnosticredux
BergerBytes/DevKit
Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:38 commits, 45 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 5 months
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