Summary
Michael Fernando is a DevOps-focused software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable web and data systems across companies from Apple and Expedia to Atlassian and Malwarebytes. He combines backend microservices, cloud-native architectures, and data engineering—recently rebuilding a multi-tenant, role-based commissions app with Azure, Django, and Postgres—while contributing to product-focused platforms like Trello. Comfortable across languages and stacks (Java, Python, C#, LAMP, Rails, JS), he excels at transforming complex business workflows into reliable, maintainable systems. Based in San Francisco, he blends practical engineering with an open-source mindset and curiosity about big data, web apps, and operational tooling. Outside of code he’s drawn to puzzles, podcasts, yoga and travel—habits that surface in his methodical troubleshooting and cross-team collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
English