Michael Stark
Principal Software Engineer at FactSet
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Stark is a Principal Software Engineer with 13 years at FactSet, rising from platform-focused Senior Engineer to lead and principal roles driving deployment and product reliability. He brings deep C++, C#, and Perl experience and a proven track record of shipping resilient platform tooling for financial systems. A Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute CS graduate with a psychology minor, he blends technical rigor with an understanding of human factors in team dynamics and system design. Early internships at Google contributed to his tooling and automation instincts, while long tenure at one firm demonstrates strong institutional knowledge and leadership continuity. Outside of work he balances engineering focus with creative pursuits—live streaming, singing, and guitar—and active charity support, signaling a communicator comfortable in public-facing and collaborative settings.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's, Computer Science, Bachelor's, Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
German
Github Skills (21)
irc-bot10
irc-bot-framework9
balloon9
sasl9
robot9
irc9
irc-protocol9
speech8
slack-bot8
python7
extensible7
bot-framework6
slack5
sarif2
widgets2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Ganon11/AdventCode
Dec 2015 - Dec 2024
Solutions for adventofcode.com
Contributions:14 PRs, 566 pushes, 21 branches in 9 years 2 months
Ganon11/DonorFetch
Apr 2020 - Sep 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 5 months
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