Michael Zaharkin
Head Of Platform Engineering - Plex
City of Rochester, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Zaharkin is a seasoned technology executive who leads platform engineering with 15+ years of experience building scalable Java/Spring Boot microservices and modernizing lending, payments, and data platforms across banking, fintech, and SaaS. He has repeatedly driven cloud transformations on AWS and Azure, migrated legacy stacks to RESTful microservices, and delivered cost savings and reliability improvements while managing large distributed teams. At M&T he led API strategy and an open banking initiative, and he teaches cloud systems and software engineering as an adjunct professor, bridging industry practice with academia. His background includes architecting big-data and knowledge-graph platforms at Thomson Reuters and running global engineering teams for fintech SaaS at Totality. Known for aligning technology innovation with business outcomes, he combines hands-on architecture skills with people leadership and measurable operational KPIs. Based in Rochester, NY, he brings a pragmatic focus on delivery, security, and scalable APIs that unlock new revenue and integration opportunities.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at State University of New York College at BuffaloMaster of Science - MS Software Development and Management, Master of Science - MS Software Development and Management at Rochester Institute of Technology
Github Skills (3)
telegram-bot6
instagram5
vue1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mizax/HaxtonBot
Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 14 pushes, 4 branches in 13 days
mizax/RocketMap
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:4 pushes in 1 day
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