Summary
Michael Gatewood is a versatile software engineer and leader with eight years of experience building full-stack web applications and leading teams from junior engineers to managers in high-pressure environments. A Turing School double-graduate—the first to complete both Front-End and Back-End programs—he spans TypeScript/React/Node and Ruby on Rails stacks while championing TDD, CI, and API-driven architecture. At Coin Cloud he progressed rapidly into technical lead and development manager roles, delivering cross-application integrations using Angular, Serverless/AWS, MongoDB and Docker. A U.S. Army veteran and former HR manager, he brings disciplined people leadership, operational rigor, and a knack for turning complex requirements into efficient, readable code. Outside software he builds physical projects in his woodshop, reflecting a practical maker mindset that informs his engineering and problem-solving approach.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Computer Software Engineering Back-End Engineering, Certificate in Computer Software Engineering Back-End Engineering at Turing School of Software & Design