Michael Loring
Senior Software Engineer at PlayerFirst Tech
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Loring is a senior software engineer and entrepreneur with 12 years of full‑stack experience building web and mobile products across LAMP/LEMP stacks and React Native. He co‑founded Sober Puffin, a digital health platform for people affected by substance use disorder, and previously launched ezLeague Gaming, demonstrating a blend of mission‑driven product work and consumer social platforms. Comfortable from server configuration (Apache/NGINX/IIS) and databases (MySQL, MongoDB) to frontend component design (React, Storybook) and API architecture, he often implements declarative, JSON‑schema driven UIs and robust test suites. Based in Chicago, he pairs startup leadership experience with hands‑on engineering at scale, and brings a pragmatic, self‑taught curiosity—evident in projects that connect technical craft to real human problems.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, General Studies, Bachelor's degree, General Studies at Northern Illinois UniversityFrancis W. Parker School
Github Skills (27)
organize8
php7
mongodb6
datetimepicker6
navigator6
react5
nodejs5
react-native5
javascript5
task-manager4
datepicker4
android3
ios3
windows3
youtube3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
liamcurry/ezleague
Apr 2014 - Jul 2015
Contributions:498 commits in 1 year 2 months
php-onlinephpgamingleague
stoopkid1/freelance-project-manager
Jun 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:29 commits, 8 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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