Michael Russell
Distinguished Engineer at Fanatics, Inc.
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Russell is a Staff Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building and hardening large-scale, regulated platforms and device integrations. He has a rare blend of deep testing and development expertise—from C++/C#/Java and computer vision work at Netflix to delivering a single codebase sportsbook and iCasino platform at Fanatics that met complex U.S. regulatory demands and sustained 100% uptime through multiple Super Bowls. Michael is skilled at reducing operational risk through performance tuning and modern CI/CD practices (including in-memory Kafka testing) and has driven cross-functional programs in security, legal/patent processes, and mentorship. Based in Las Vegas, he also brings game- and console-certification experience and a history of inventing test systems (including a patented Netflix solution) that make automated validation more objective and scalable.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
The University of UtahLayton High School
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Github Skills (15)
steam9
api8
vbnet6
xna6
asp-net6
exceptions6
monogame6
2d6
linq-to-sql6
webrequest6
mysql6
cinder5
cpp4
open-source2
tml1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
RomSteady/RomTerraria
Jul 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:13 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
RomSteady/RTResolutionJE
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
Resolution unlocker for "Terraria: Journey's End"
Contributions:1 commit, 2 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 day
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