Summary
Michael Nigh is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of full-stack experience building and maintaining production web applications, currently supporting learning platforms at Macmillan from Austin, Texas. He specializes in Node.js, React, TypeScript and Docker, and favors pragmatic tools and twelve-factor deployments that boost productivity and maintainability. Michael has repeatedly led front-end modernization, SEO-aware React strategies, and automated testing efforts—including image snapshot differentials—to ensure content renders correctly across complex stacks. Comfortable in small, distributed teams, he emphasizes clear communication, pair programming, and working closely with architects and SREs to ship reliable features to AWS and GCP. A proponent of open source, he prefers understanding the tools he uses, translating that curiosity into practical architecture and testing improvements rather than flashy tech for its own sake.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
San José State University
English, Spanish