Michael Durrant
Principal at Event Driven Architectures
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Durrant is a Principal software engineer based in Cambridge, MA with 15+ years of hands-on experience crafting high-quality web applications and test automation across React, Playwright/Cypress, Jest, TypeScript and Python. He blends pragmatic use of declarative, OO and functional styles with a strong advocacy for TDD/BDD, frequent pairing/mobbing, and a testing-first mindset grounded in the Agile Testing Pyramid. Michael has led and scaled teams—hiring, mentoring and driving engineering practices—while delivering production products including a profitable crypto trading app and IEC 62304/FDA-aligned integrations. He routinely drives shift-left initiatives, improves code quality via linting and KPIs, and has a knack for turning rigorous test suites (he’s maintained extreme Jest coverage) into faster, safer delivery. Colleagues cite his focus on learning, teaching and making engineering enjoyable, and he publishes thought leadership on testing and QA practices.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. (Hons), Business Studies, B.Sc. (Hons), Business Studies at The Manchester Metropolitan University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (116)
ruby10
heroku10
rake10
ruby-on-rails10
database-design10
git10
mysql10
rvm10
watir10
coffeescript10
data-modeling10
airbrake10
react10
rubygems9
factories9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
durrantm/js
Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:4 PRs, 295 pushes, 13 branches in 6 months
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