Summary
Michael Longauer is a Senior Director and product-technology evangelist with 9 years of experience building and scaling SaaS search and merchandising platforms. He blends deep backend and infrastructure expertise—leading migrations from monoliths to Golang APIs, optimizing edge caching to save ~$80K/month, and automating support for acquired platforms—with empathetic, enablement-first leadership across product, engineering, sales, and marketing. Known for cultivating blameless culture and operational resilience, he has led peak-season readiness to zero downtime, driven cross-org strategy during executive transitions, and coached engineers from co-op to senior roles. A practiced public-facing technical storyteller, he represents his company at industry events, trains sales on ICP, and shapes analyst narratives for IDC and Gartner submissions. He’s most engaged when turning messy technical and human problems into disciplined, iterative plans that grow platforms and teams.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Programmer Computer Software Engineering, Computer Programmer Computer Software Engineering at Durham College
Computer Programming/Programmer General, Computer Programming/Programmer General at Seneca Polytechnic
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities, Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities at University of Toronto
Web Development, Web Development at Lighthouse Labs
English, French