Mike Behnke
Lead Engineer at GT Independence
Chelsea, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolMike Behnke is a Lead Engineer with 14 years of software experience, specializing in high-performance front-end development using JavaScript/TypeScript and frameworks like Angular, React, and Vue. He combines hands-on client-side engineering with technical leadership—mentoring teams, shaping front-end standards, and ensuring accessibility to WCAG levels while also contributing full-stack skills in Node.js, Python, and PostgreSQL. Mike has shipped consumer and enterprise-facing apps including real-time analytics dashboards and cross-platform mobile apps built with Flutter/Dart, reflecting a pragmatic ability to move between web and mobile stacks. He runs a small web consulting firm—Local PC Guy—alongside enterprise roles, demonstrating entrepreneurial grit and a long history of partnering with clients since the late 1990s. Comfortable in Agile environments with CI/CD, git, and AWS, he prefers projects that blend UX quality, performance, and maintainable architectures. Outside work he pursues hiking, photography, and mountain sports, bringing a practical, curious mindset to side projects that explore emerging technologies.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Internet Professional, Internet Professional at Washtenaw Community College
Stackoverflow
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75answers
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android
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Github Skills (200)
drag10
robust10
skia10
draft-js10
video-player10
pipe10
nodejs10
css10
desktop10
workspaces10
material-design10
wordpress-plugin10
grapesjs10
windows10
web-performance10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
EnlightenAgency/Server-Setup-MIME-Types-Headers
Jul 2013 - Oct 2015
Contributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 2 years 3 months
serverlesssettingsenvironments
EnlightenAgency/Code-Snips-JavaScript
Oct 2012 - Sep 2016
Contributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 18 pushes in 3 years 11 months
vscode-extensionreusablesnippets
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