Michael Tighe
Senior Software Engineer at MasterClass
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMichael Tighe is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience currently building product at MasterClass, and a background leading UI and GraphQL efforts at Auvik and 500px. He blends front-end expertise in modern JavaScript (ES6, React+Redux) with backend work in Ruby on Rails, shipping high-quality code while shaping engineering processes and mentoring teams. His PhD research on autonomic VM placement for energy-efficient IaaS clouds gives him a strong foundation in distributed systems, machine learning techniques, and optimization under real-world constraints. Comfortable in technical planning, estimation, and hiring, he regularly bridges product and design to balance business goals with technical trade-offs. Colleagues rely on him to introduce best practices and to shepherd cross-functional initiatives from concept to production. Based in Waterloo, he pairs academic rigor with practical leadership and a track record of improving both codebases and team culture.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at Western UniversityPhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at The University of Western OntarioBSc (Honours), Computer Science, BSc (Honours), Computer Science at University of Windsor
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Github Skills (20)
repair9
resource-management8
simulation7
data-uri7
psd7
logic6
ruby-on-rails6
png6
metadata6
java6
apache6
image6
nodejs5
jpeg5
browser5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
digs-uwo/dcsim
Feb 2012 - Dec 2014
Contributions:95 commits, 1 comment in 2 years 10 months
simulation-toolvirtualizedsimulationresource-management
mtighe/user-recommendation-demo
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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