Michael Coates
Engineering Manager at MD Anderson Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Coates is an Engineering Manager based in New York with nine years of experience building user-centered web applications and leading engineering teams at Here™ (formerly OpenFin). He combines a background in biochemistry from Brown with full-stack software skills—React, Redux, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, and SQL—to translate complex requirements into polished, usable products. Known for mentoring developers and teaching at App Academy, he emphasizes readable, performant code and strong developer habits. Michael’s career spans both hands-on research in molecular biology and production software, giving him a practical, data-informed approach to problem solving. He maintains a portfolio of projects at www.michaelmcoates.com that showcases his interest in emerging technologies and thoughtful UX-driven design.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Vista Murrieta High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Brown UniversitySoftware Development, Software Development at App Academy
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (34)
api-platform10
seed9
full-stack9
workbox9
adapter9
api9
docker8
rest-api8
react8
firefox8
service-worker8
webapp8
nodejs8
testing8
openfin7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
MichaelMCoates/layouts-service
Jul 2018 - Sep 2019
OpenFin Layouts Service
Contributions:1 PR, 135 pushes, 46 branches in 1 year 1 month
layoutsopenfin
MichaelMCoates/Greenhouse
Apr 2017 - Oct 2019
Greenhouse is a full-stack clone of Indiegogo, built with Ruby on Rails and React.js
Contributions:266 commits, 3 PRs, 219 pushes in 2 years 6 months
full-stackreactruby-on-rails
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