Summary
Michael Coppola is a Systems Development Engineer II based in Seattle with 11 years of hands-on experience building and operating globally available production services across Amazon and Microsoft. He specializes in automating operational workflows, migrating legacy infrastructure to modern cloud instance types, and driving multi-million dollar cost reductions while preserving performance and reliability. Known for turning manual runbooks into tested, previewable automation and for implementing fine-grained telemetry (down to five-minute MBR granularity), he blends engineering rigor with practical business impact. He has a track record of rapid, pragmatic solutions under pressure—eg. delivering a temporary labor-sharing platform during COVID-19—and of evangelizing security and live-site best practices across organizations. A self-described “bit wrangler,” he pairs deep platform knowledge with a focus on reducing toil and enabling repeatable, auditable operations.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Oakland Community College