Michael Uloth
Senior Software Engineer at Recursion
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMichael Uloth is a senior software engineer in Hamilton, Ontario with 11 years of experience building front-end systems that scale, drive revenue, and improve developer velocity. He’s shipped partner-facing data visualizations that helped secure millions in funding, migrated a 40K+ line React codebase to TypeScript, and built e-commerce flows that processed $100K+ in weekly sales. Known for strong product sense, he collaborates closely with PMs, designers, and scientists to ensure teams solve the right problems rather than just shipping features. Michael also invests in developer experience—creating starter templates, automating dependency management, and expanding test coverage—to make teams more consistent and reliable. Outside of work he publishes technical essays and tutorials (including a longstanding Gatsby video series and an open-source tutorial directory), blending communication and engineering to amplify his impact.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Honours Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature, Honours Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature at Wilfrid Laurier UniversityMaster of Music, Voice and Opera, Master of Music, Voice and Opera at University of TorontoProfessional Certificate in Accounting, Professional Certificate in Accounting at York University
Stackoverflow
445reputation
25kreached
3answers
4questions
gatsby
top-5%
Github Skills (200)
react-spring10
styled-components10
security10
state-machine10
javascript10
browser10
audio10
cloudinary10
compiler10
gatsby10
sanity10
cli10
static-site-generator10
flickity10
keymaps10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
ooloth/dotfiles
Aug 2020 - Jun 2026
My configurations for Claude Code, macOS, Zsh, Git, Node, Neovim, Tmux, Ghostty, Lazygit, Yazi, Powerlevel10k and VS Code, plus a script to apply them to a new Mac with one command.
Contributions:1 review, 112 PRs, 1735 pushes in 5 years 11 months
claudemacosneovimtmuxvscode
ooloth/scripts
Sep 2022 - May 2026
Contributions:6 PRs, 100 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 8 months
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