Summary
Michael Winton is an engineering manager with 11 years’ experience leading backend and full‑stack teams across startups and enterprise payments in the Greater Stockholm area. He combines hands‑on problem solving—improving performance, CI speed, and data consistency—with people leadership, hiring, and mentoring to ship impactful features like SSO/AD integration and usage‑based billing. Comfortable owning initiatives end‑to‑end, he’s led database unification projects and shortened release cycles while keeping operational costs down. His background spans technical lead roles, systems work for financial institutions, and startup pivots, giving him a pragmatic mix of reliability and product focus. Colleagues know him as a maker who simplifies complex systems and elevates team culture through clear ownership and coaching.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - First Class Hons., Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - First Class Hons., Software Engineering at Victoria University of Wellington
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at Uppsala University