Michael Wright
Senior Staff Software Engineer at FanDuel
Scotland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Wright is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience blending rigorous academic training (a PhD in High Energy Physics) with production engineering across finance and betting platforms. Currently at FanDuel, he has progressed through roles focused on Account & Wallet systems and now drives architecture for Sportsbook, demonstrating deep domain expertise in high-throughput, mission-critical services. He brings research-caliber problem solving from his CERN and ATLAS work to large-scale product engineering, favoring data-driven decisions and customer-obsessed delivery. Based in Scotland but operating in US markets, he pairs technical leadership with hands-on implementation, mentoring teams through complex migrations and platform growth. An unusual strength is his ability to translate particle-physics style experimentation into robust A/B testing and telemetry practices in production systems.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Mearns Castle HighDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) High Energy Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) High Energy Physics at University of Glasgow
English
Github Skills (47)
java10
charting10
rxjava10
jvm9
react-native9
non-blocking9
crossfilter9
javascript9
visualization9
asynchronous9
typescript9
reactive-extensions9
react9
d3js9
reactive-streams9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
wrightm/pro-angularjs-examples
Dec 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:14 commits, 6 pushes in 2 months
wrightm/wrightm.github.io
Dec 2017 - Oct 2023
Contributions:39 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 11 months
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