Mike Deats is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building mission-critical systems across aerospace and transportation, currently driving software at Aurora. He blends deep Agile and Extreme Programming practices with test-driven development to deliver reliable, production-ready software on tight schedules—skills honed delivering the US Air Force SBSS ground and training systems at Boeing. Comfortable in both embedded control environments and large-scale cloud/virtualized stacks, he has led teams, mentored engineers, and provided technical leadership from inception through launch and operations. His MS in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon complements a hands-on background in Java, object-oriented architecture, and virtualization. Known for reducing cost and schedule risk through pragmatic process adoption, he thrives on making complex systems auditable and maintainable. Based in Westminster, Colorado, he brings a steady mix of disciplined engineering and practical delivery focus to high-stakes projects.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Master of Science (M.S.), Software Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Software Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
P2P Docker registry capable of distributing TBs of data in seconds
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
p2pdockertbsdocker-registry
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.