Summary
Michael Fink is a Lead Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building and leading engineering teams at Capital One, currently driving the Slingshot effort after rising through technical lead roles across cloud, network automation, and internal tooling. He combines a business-oriented BBA in Information Systems with strong computer science foundations, enabling him to translate complex infrastructure needs into pragmatic automation and migration solutions. A proven internal innovator, he won Capital One’s C1 Elevate Capstone and has repeatedly led cross-functional teams and horizontal tooling projects. Based in Washington, D.C., Michael pairs hands-on systems and cloud knowledge from early sysadmin and internships with a talent for coaching and scaling small teams into reliable delivery units. Notably, his background spans both operational excellence—managing deployments and monitoring for 1,000+ devices—and strategic product work that accelerates adoption of internal developer tooling.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science; Business, Computer Science; Business at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Information Systems; Computer Science, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Information Systems; Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
English, Spanish