Summary
Michelle Kleihege is a Senior Software Engineer with five years of focused experience building scalable backend systems, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native platforms on AWS. She has driven high-impact projects—from automating onboarding for thousands of users to engineering Java-based trading systems that processed over a billion dollars daily—while mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional initiatives. Her technical breadth spans Java, Ruby, Python, Kubernetes, Kafka, Flink, Splunk, and infrastructure-as-code, paired with hands-on Linux and networking expertise. She has a proven track record of improving deployment velocity and system durability for teams of hundreds, including creating a centralized PaaS and a CI pipeline supporting 1,000+ daily builds. Beyond engineering, Michelle founded and chaired an internal women’s committee, showing a commitment to culture and inclusion that complements her technical leadership. Based in Eagle Mountain, Utah, she blends operational rigor with people-first mentorship to deliver reliable, production-grade systems.
5 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Brigham Young University-Idaho