Michael Helgeson
VP Platform Engineering, Cloud Architect
Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Helgeson is a seasoned technology leader and cloud architect with 11+ years scaling engineering organizations and delivering resilient, customer-facing platforms. Currently VP Platform Engineering at Aura, he blends hands-on architecture across application, server, and business layers with a track record of growing teams and operationalizing monitoring, test automation, and CI practices. His career spans startup hypergrowth at Aereo—where he scaled teams and services tenfold and built cross-platform streaming APIs—to leadership roles at TiVo and Rovi focused on modern web UX and data-driven features. A creative problem solver with roots in UI design and graphic arts, he uniquely bridges design-minded product thinking with backend scalability and observability. Based in Sudbury, MA, he champions iterative learning and agile practices to drive measurable improvements in engineering and business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Fine Arts: Graphic Design, Bachelor's Degree, Fine Arts: Graphic Design at Framingham State CollegeHigh School, High School at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High SchoolNone, Mechanical Engineering, None, Mechanical Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst
javascript, php, mysql, html
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (44)
txt10
expansion10
editing10
javascript9
npm9
npm-package9
numeric9
move8
aws8
storage8
aws-s37
terraform7
react7
jquery-ui6
mobile-safari6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mhelgeson/b9
Feb 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:43 commits, 11 PRs, 39 pushes in 2 months
bot-frameworkbotslack-botslackmodular
mhelgeson/gloop
Aug 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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