Summary
Michael Ferraco is a founding engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building consumer and fintech products from mobile apps to full-stack platforms, currently leading engineering at Meadow in Pittsburgh. His background spans Android and iOS development through senior and lead roles at Capital One, Upside, Till, and Best Egg, giving him deep expertise in payments, travel, and flexible rent solutions. He combines product-focused implementation with startup grit—moving from senior mobile engineer roles into founding engineering where he shapes architecture and rapid delivery. A Carnegie Mellon Information Systems graduate with minors in Global Systems Management and Computer Science, he’s comfortable across the stack and in regulated domains. Notably, he has repeatedly transitioned teams through acquisitions and product pivots, showing a knack for shipping reliable, user-facing systems in high-change environments.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, Minors: Global Systems Management, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, Minors: Global Systems Management, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University