Michael Stum
Principal Software Engineer at neuRealities
Kent, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Stum is a Principal Software Engineer with over 25 years in IT and a recent focus on immersive learning platforms and XR experiences from Kent, Washington. He combines deep full-stack and infrastructure expertise—from building SAML/OAuth auth systems and enterprise deployment automation to migrating build pipelines to GitHub Actions and authoring Azure Bicep infrastructure. His career spans major roles at Blizzard and Stack Overflow where he improved authentication, automation, and scaled cloud operations while mentoring engineers and guiding release cadences. More recently he’s been driving VR/desktop experience frameworks and CI/CD for XR at IQXR and neuRealities, blending backend reliability with real-time interactive systems. Notably, he has a track record of shipping robust tooling for enterprise installs and debugging complex auth flows that materially reduced operational friction. His background in systems administration and vocational network education gives him practical ops instincts that complement his software architecture skills.
8 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Vocational Education Network and System Administration/Administrator, Vocational Education Network and System Administration/Administrator at BK Platz der Republik, Mönchengladbach, Germany
English, German, French
Github Skills (26)
flowtype10
dotnet9
react9
frontend8
exchange8
typescript8
nuget8
stackexchange8
csharp8
document-store7
umbraco7
hangfire7
nosql-database7
desktop7
linux7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
StackExchange/StackExchange.Utils
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
Utility class packages used at Stack Exchange...but on NuGet!
Contributions:7 commits in 1 month
dotnetexchangeumbracostack-exchangec-sharp
michaelstum/Stacks
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
Stack Overflow’s Design System
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
reactstack-overflowdesign-systemdesign-systemstypescript
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