Michael Helfrich
Senior Software Engineer (L5) at Google
Clearwater, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Helfrich is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience building cloud-native tools and internal platforms at Google, now based in Clearwater, Florida. He blends front-end expertise in Angular/TypeScript with backend work on App Engine (Python) and a broad familiarity with Google Cloud, Docker, AWS, and hypervisor technologies from earlier systems administration roles. At Google he led efforts like the Grab and Go loaner Chromebook automation and developed Chrome Apps and extensions that improve network diagnostics and user discovery—practical tooling that boosts engineer productivity. His background running hosting infrastructure (OpenVZ, KVM, Xen, cPanel) and operating his own HostHoarders project gives him rare operational depth alongside software delivery. Outside work he’s an avid carnivorous plant enthusiast, a small personal detail that highlights his curiosity and patience for complex systems.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BS) Information Technology at Florida State UniversityAssociate of Science (AS) Information Technology, Associate of Science (AS) Information Technology at Hillsborough Community College
Github Skills (67)
chromebook10
printing10
chrome-extension10
chrome10
docker-compose9
3d9
docker-container9
slicer9
typescript9
espn8
feed8
webscraping8
twitter8
act8
docker8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
helfrichmichael/cura-novnc
Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
Provides an instance of Cura via noVNC in your favorite web browser!
Contributions:2 reviews, 13 commits, 3 PRs in 8 months
novnc
helfrichmichael/prusaslicer-novnc
Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
Simple Docker container that serves Prusaslicer via noVNC in your web browser.
Contributions:1 review, 29 commits, 7 PRs in 14 days
docker-containernovnc3dprintingdocker
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