Mike Peterson
Senior Software Engineer at BambooHR
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Peterson is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of professional experience and a 30+-year technical trajectory that spans database administration, architecture, and full-stack .NET development. He was a primary architect and top contributor to the open-source Rock RMS CMS (7,000+ commits), building finance-focused back-end features, payment processing logic, and database schema changes used by hundreds of organizations. Mike has led large modernization efforts at Blackboard—earning a patent and driving PCI-DSS compliance—and currently applies that deep systems and data expertise at BambooHR. Known for turning legacy systems into maintainable, modern platforms, he blends hands-on coding with pragmatic architecture and a strong emphasis on reliability and operational recoverability. Based in Phoenix, he pairs an Electrical Engineering background with proven leadership in small teams that scaled into sizable engineering organizations.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Electrical Engineering, Math, BS, Electrical Engineering, Math at South Dakota State University
Github Skills (9)
finance10
system10
financial10
csharp10
sys10
sql10
dotnet-core10
develop9
database-design8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
SparkDevNetwork/Rock
Oct 2012 - Nov 2022
An open source CMS, Relationship Management System (RMS) and Church Management System (ChMS) all rolled into one.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8380 commits, 68 PRs, 7117 pushes in 10 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Mike appears to be a back-end developer focused on enhancements and bug fixes within the Rock RMS CMS platform, specifically the "rock" repository. Their commits demonstrate an emphasis on finance-related features, including enhancements to the giving overview, addition of account selection to the giving amount filter, and handling of payment processing logic. They also addressed database schema updates, particularly the addition of the "Contribution" table, indicating database management expertise.
cmsc-sharpchmsrock-rms
SparkDevNetwork/Rock-UpdatePackageBuilder
Nov 2017 - Sep 2022
Contributions:105 commits, 96 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 10 months
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