Michael Nussbaum
Principal Software Engineer at Equilibrium Energy
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Nussbaum is a Principal Software Engineer with 15 years of experience building and scaling distributed systems and web applications, currently leading architecture and delivery at Equilibrium Energy in San Francisco. He progressed through technical leadership roles from Staff to Principal, bringing deep hands-on expertise in cloud-native infrastructure—formerly heading Braintree’s Kubernetes team. Known for test-driven development, pair programming, and mentorship, he combines pragmatic engineering with a knack for simplifying complex systems to meet product goals. He seeks mission-driven work in climate tech, aligning his infrastructure and platform skills with impactful deployments. An early Northwestern CS graduate, he has a steady track record of growing technical teams and production systems across startups and high-growth companies. Colleagues describe him as a thoughtful coach who prefers solving hard problems through collaboration and robust engineering practices.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Northwestern University
Github Skills (200)
switch10
testing10
tray10
language-server-protocol10
ruby10
scheduling10
gtk10
infrastructure10
mesos10
file-management10
ansible-module10
ecosystem10
locker10
kubectl10
taskbar10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
mnussbaum/PassHUD
Oct 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:4 releases, 75 commits, 57 pushes in 4 months
mnussbaum/Quick-.Torrent-Downloader
Nov 2010 - Apr 2012
Contributions:65 commits in 1 year 5 months
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