Michael Finley
Principal Software Engineer 2 Tech Lead at Sophos
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Finley is a Principal Software Engineer and tech lead with a decade of experience building and guiding secure, scalable systems, currently leading engineering at Sophos from Phoenix, AZ. His career shows rapid technical progression within large enterprise security and retail organizations—moving from hands-on engineering roles at Target to senior principal and leadership positions focused on security at Sophos. Michael blends deep architectural judgment with day-to-day delivery, driving cross-functional teams through complex projects in remote and distributed settings. He brings practical experience in shipping production-grade software in regulated environments and a knack for translating security requirements into reliable engineering solutions. A University of Arizona computer science graduate, he pairs a strong academic foundation with a history of mentoring early-career engineers and evolving into strategic technical leadership. Outside core duties he maintains a GitHub presence, signaling ongoing personal investment in tooling and craft.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Github Skills (66)
messaging10
lorawan10
lwm2m10
lora10
iot-application10
5g10
software-update10
scada10
iot-framework10
industrial10
golang10
telecom10
opc-ua10
bacnet10
opc10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mfinley3/mainflux
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
Industrial IoT Messaging and Device Management Server
Contributions:29 pushes, 10 branches in 2 months
telecomlwm2miot-platformindustrial-iotopcua
mfinley3/migrations
Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
SQL database migrations for Golang go-pg and PostgreSQL
Contributions:4 releases, 1 push, 2 branches in 3 months
golanggo-pgsql-databasesqlcockroachdb
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