Michael Molina
Senior Software Engineer at The Apache Software Foundation
Paraná, Brazil
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Michael Molina is a Senior Software Engineer and software architect with a decade-plus of hands-on experience building web and mobile applications and driving analytics product development. Based in Paraná, Brazil, he specializes in front-end engineering for data visualization platforms and is a long-term committer and PMC member of the high-profile Apache Superset project, where he led UI improvements like PopoverDropdown and mixed time-series features. At Airbnb he’s focused on infrastructure and data platform innovation, spearheading initiatives such as Superset Extensions, an ECharts migration, and Minerva 2.0 integration. A Sun Certified Java Programmer and continuous learner, he blends pragmatic architecture with agile product thinking and a knack for simplifying complex control panels and charting controls. His background spans startups and enterprise teams, from designing analytics products at Tríplice to scaling open-source UI packages used by data teams worldwide. Quietly, he often bridges product and developer experience by pairing rigorous testing and Storybook documentation with incremental UX-driven refactors.
6 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Information Technology, Bachelor, Information Technology at Federal University of Santa Catarina
Portuguese, English
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Github Skills (22)
javascript10
storybook10
testing10
component-development10
typescript10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
data-visualizations9
data-visualisation9
data-visualization9
monorepo7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
apache/superset
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:47 releases, 2617 reviews, 461 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Michael was primarily involved in developing the front-end components for the Apache Superset data visualization platform. Their work centered on the creation, testing, and documentation of the PopoverDropdown component. The user also refactored and maintained the component using React, testing tools, and Storybook for documentation.
apache-supersetdata-explorationdata-visualizationsupersetapache
apache-superset/superset-ui
May 2021 - Oct 2021
Apache Superset UI packages
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:22 reviews, 5 commits, 4 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on enhancing the user interface components within the `superset-ui` monorepo. Their work involved removing dependencies, fixing metric controls, and adding new features such as displaying values for mixed time-series charts. They also modified control panels for various chart types like histograms and heatmaps, including stacking and sorting controls, thus improving the overall user experience.
apache-supersetsupersetmonorepodata-visualization
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