Mike Auteri
Senior Engineering Manager at Nexcess
Verona, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolMike Auteri is a seasoned engineering leader with 13 years of experience building and scaling editorial platforms for major media brands and mission-driven organizations. He combines hands-on web and WordPress engineering with people-first management, mentoring engineers and establishing career ladders, onboarding frameworks, and knowledge-sharing programs that improve retention and productivity. Mike has led technical strategy and architecture for large-scale publishing systems—designing cache-aware rendering, delta-based data syncs, and Gutenberg/product block solutions—while also founding a WordPress-focused consultancy and contributing to popular open-source projects like Paid Memberships Pro. Known for translating complex technical tradeoffs into clear plans and dev notes, he excels at aligning cross-functional teams and accelerating discovery-to-delivery. Based in Verona, NJ, he’s active in the WordPress community as a meetup and WordCamp organizer and community deputy, reflecting a commitment to giving back beyond day-to-day work. His background in communication studies helps him make technical concepts accessible and keeps teams collaborative and composed under pressure.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
B.A, Communication Studies; Literature Minor, B.A, Communication Studies; Literature Minor at Stockton University
Spanish
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Github Skills (15)
wordpress10
unit-testing10
php10
test-automation10
testing10
border6
gmail6
ajax6
css6
asp-net6
css-tables6
twitter-bootstrap6
javascript6
google-chrome6
jquery6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
strangerstudios/paid-memberships-pro
Jul 2019 - Jul 2019
The Trusted Membership Platform That Grows with You: Restrict access to content and charge recurring subscriptions using Stripe, PayPal, and more. Fully open source. 100% GPL.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:19 commits, 2 PRs in 25 days
Contributions summary:Mike focused on creating and improving unit tests within the Paid Memberships Pro plugin. They implemented test helpers, including a level factory, and significantly increased coverage for key functions, especially `pmpro_hasMembershipLevel`. Their work involved modifying existing tests and adding new tests with various data providers. They also addressed issues with test setups and database cleanup.
stripeecommercepaypalsubscriptionwordpress
GatherPress/gatherpress
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
Powering our community's event management needs.
Contributions:8 releases, 355 reviews, 713 commits in 2 years 6 months
gatherpresswordpress
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