Michael Chouinard
Senior Software Engineer at navapbc
Summary
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SeniorMichael Chouinard is a Senior Software Engineer with seven years of experience building scalable, high-performance backend systems for both consumer and government technology. Skilled in Python, NodeJS, Java, and AWS, he has redesigned critical live systems at Amazon and now maintains backend payment processing for the Mass PFML project at Nava. He brings deep architecture and cost-optimization experience—having halved annual infrastructure spend at Amazon—alongside strong leadership and stakeholder communication with government partners. A high-achieving Michigan State graduate (3.94 GPA), he pairs hands-on engineering with mentoring experience and a track record of improving operational efficiency and developer productivity. Notably, he translates complex public-benefits requirements into maintainable, auditable systems that perform at scale.
7 years of coding experience
Github Skills (15)
aws5
marshmallow5
api5
flask4
rest4
wic3
python3
api-framework3
openapi3
testing2
swagger2
python-web2
swagger-ui2
redoc2
nutrition2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
HHS/simpler-grants-gov
Oct 2023 - Jul 2026
Contributions:1171 reviews, 519 PRs, 681 pushes in 2 years 9 months
chouinar/movie-reviewer
May 2021 - Apr 2025
Contributions:1 branch, 2 issues in 4 years
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