Mike Jaffe
Senior Backend Engineer at Clever Real Estate
Middletown Township, New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Jaffe is a Senior Backend Engineer with 12 years of experience building reliable web systems and leading engineering teams across startups and established internet companies. He specializes in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, SQL, and Linux, and has progressed from hands-on development roles to Director of Technology and senior engineering leadership. Mike has driven backend architecture and delivery at companies like Vimeo, StreetEasy (Zillow), and Postcard Cabins, pairing pragmatic engineering with product-focused decision making. Based in Middletown Township, NJ, he blends a hardware-rooted education in electrical and electronics engineering with deep software craftsmanship—a background that surfaces in thoughtful system design and operational rigor. Known for stepping into both code and leadership, he consistently ships resilient systems while mentoring teams through scaling challenges.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Brookdale Community CollegeAssociate's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Associate's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at DeVry Institute of Technology
Github Skills (6)
ups5
api4
ruby3
typescript1
javascript1
react1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mikejaffe/brownie
Mar 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:34 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 10 months
apishipping-apirubyshippinggem
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