Michael Villander
Lead Software Engineer
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Villander is a Lead Software Engineer with 11+ years crafting high-performance frontend platforms and design systems, currently based in Goiânia, Brazil. He combines deep Ember.js and TypeScript expertise with practical experience in React, Elixir/Phoenix and performance optimization, having driven major speedups, accessibility remediation, and cross-team design system adoption at companies including Apple and Peek. Michael’s leadership repeatedly scaled team delivery—improving onboarding, test coverage and developer productivity—and his work contributed to outcomes like a 100% carbon-neutral Apple Watch initiative and multi-hundred-percent user growth. An active open-source contributor, he has maintained and improved the prominent ember-engines project, addressing FastBoot support and build/tooling issues. He’s known for turning complex product constraints into measurable business wins through pragmatic architecture and mentorship.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Information Systems Recommendation Systems, Computer Information Systems Recommendation Systems at Universidade Federal de Goiás
Portuguese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
html10
emberjs10
ember-cli10
javascript10
handlebars10
ember10
testing9
front-end-development9
github8
json6
ember-data6
json-api6
npm6
ionic6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ember-engines/ember-engines
Feb 2018 - Aug 2022
Composable Ember applications for ambitious user experiences
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:48 reviews, 98 commits, 34 PRs in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on maintaining and improving the `ember-engines/ember-engines` repository. They addressed issues related to FastBoot support, ensuring proper functionality when lazy loading is disabled. The user also fixed ESLint issues and made readability improvements, including a more readable implementation of `link-to-util` and adjustments to the build environment. Their work involved modifications across multiple files related to configuration, testing, and component utilities.
ember-cliember-enginesember-addonexperiencesemberjs
ember-learn/ember-website
May 2019 - May 2020
The emberjs.com website.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 7 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the ember-website repository by updating and correcting information related to Ember Engines. They added and modified links to the Ember Engines documentation and guides, and made corrections and refinements to the content related to this specific Ember addon. The user's work primarily focused on the `learn/index.hbs` and `team.hbs` templates, ensuring accurate information about Ember Engines was displayed on the website. This suggests a focus on content management and accurate representation of features.
emberjsember-addonember
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