Michael Hertzberg
Staff Software Engineer at Phantom
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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SeniorMichael Hertzberg is a Staff Software Engineer with 14+ years of experience architecting complex web applications, specializing in frontend architecture, design systems, and reusable component libraries. He consistently drives frontend modernization—migrating legacy stacks to TypeScript and React, introducing design systems, and building SDKs and embeddable widgets that broaden product integration. His recent work spans geospatial tooling, credit-building fintech platforms, and developer-focused tooling, reflecting strong full-stack chops with Node.js, Deno, and modern React ecosystems. Based in Washington, D.C., he pairs pragmatic engineering with UX-focused decisions to reduce load times and improve maintainability, and he’s quietly passionate about emerging frameworks like Lit and Expo. Notably, he has a track record of converting one-off solutions into foundational platform pieces that scale across teams and clients.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
English
Github Skills (200)
testing10
nyc10
npm-package10
express-graphql10
backbone10
localization10
html10
static-site-generator10
full-stack10
svelte10
css10
user-interface10
web-components10
regex10
frontend10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
moimikey/npm-boilerplate
Jan 2016 - Sep 2019
💀 My boilerplate portable npm packages
Contributions:242 PRs, 322 pushes, 519 branches in 3 years 9 months
npm-package
moimikey/react-footnotes
Aug 2018 - Dec 2020
👣 dead simple footnotes, in React
Contributions:20 commits, 56 PRs, 32 pushes in 2 years 3 months
reactfootnotefootnotesreact-components
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