Mike Laurence is a seasoned software engineer with 16 years of experience who currently leads automation for AR wearables at Meta, coordinating efforts across hundreds of engineers and multiple organizations. He brings startup grit from co-founding a mobile game that reached 1.5 million users and has held senior engineering and director-level roles in EdTech and API platforms. Mike blends hands-on systems and API engineering with technical leadership, scaling teams and automation pipelines to accelerate delivery in fast-moving product environments. Based in New York, he pairs a dual background in music and computer science with a creative mindset—an avid musician and runner who’s also an aspiring snow bird—bringing both technical depth and human-centered perspective to complex engineering problems.
16 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Music and Computer Science, BA, Music and Computer Science at St. Olaf College
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