Summary
Michael Buell is a pragmatic lead developer with over two decades in software and more than a decade leading projects in New York City, specializing in full-stack web and backend engineering. He excels in end-to-end delivery—from specifications and information architecture to implementation, testing, and refactoring—and has repeatedly reduced costs and improved performance through architecture and optimization. Michael has led distributed teams and worn many hats (Product Owner, Scrum Master, Salesforce Admin), building SaaS platforms with Django, Node, React, Postgres/PostGIS, and integrations across Stripe, Avalara, and Salesforce. He also brings embedded experience—authoring Arduino/C++ and Cordova mobile integrations to control IoT LED signage—and a track record of implementing CI/CD, automated testing, and observability at multiple startups. Equally at home in hands-on coding and high-level strategy, he pairs technical depth with practical product focus and a curiosity for hardware, ML, and creative projects like synthesizers and LEDs.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BS & BA, Computer Science and English, BS & BA, Computer Science and English at State University of New York at Binghamton
Spanish, German, Japanese, French, Italian