Michael Stalker
Holly Springs, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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SeniorMichael Stalker is a Staff Engineer with 12 years of experience building web applications, APIs, and developer workflows, currently leading engineering efforts at OneStudyTeam. He brings deep expertise in Ruby and Ruby on Rails complemented by practical experience across JavaScript, Elixir, Clojure, PHP, and mobile Cocoa development, and is comfortable across PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and SQL Server. Michael has a track record of improving release processes, monitoring, and team practices—mentoring engineers through code reviews, pair programming, book clubs, and tech talks. His background includes founding a web consultancy, leading platform-level efforts at RentPath, and driving test and performance improvements at SciMed, reflecting a blend of hands-on implementation and developer-first leadership. With degrees in mathematics and ministry, he pairs analytical rigor and thoughtful communication to turn usability insights into reliable, maintainable systems. An early advocate for pairing and automated testing, he often focuses on developer experience as a lever for product quality.
12 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
1,367reputation
141kreached
23answers
0questions
ruby
top-5%
Github Skills (84)
translation10
elixir10
static-analysis9
elixir-programming-language9
liveview9
ruby9
linter9
code-analysis9
phoenix-framework9
phoenix-channels8
avro8
decoding8
web-application7
standardized7
encoding7
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
rentpath/project-estimation
Jul 2015 - Oct 2019
Contributions:75 commits, 2 PRs, 44 pushes in 4 years 3 months
barberj/fuelsdk
Apr 2015 - Nov 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 5 comments in 2 years 6 months
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