Summary
Mike Bridge is a seasoned senior software developer and architect with deep web engineering roots dating back to 1997 and over a decade of recent professional experience delivering cloud-native services. He blends full-stack expertise—TypeScript/React, Node/Nest/Next, Python/Django/FastAPI, C#, and Java—with hands-on DevOps across Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform and multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP). Mike has led engineering and product builds as a CTO/founder and now drives production fintech and crowdfunding platforms, routinely designing microservices, CI/CD pipelines, and resilient data solutions. Comfortable across Windows and Linux, he pairs pragmatic infrastructure automation with a strong background in databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, SQL Server) and search/streaming technologies. Notably, his experience spans early web search work and long-running leadership of engineering teams, reflecting both low-level systems chops and strategic product delivery.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computing Science, Bachelor of Science Computing Science at University of Alberta