Mike Richards
Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Richards is a senior full-stack software engineer and technical leader with over 15 years of experience designing scalable .NET platforms, distributed systems, and high-performance backends. He has a proven track record modernising legacy systems into containerised, observable services and driving cross-team infrastructure migrations that measurably improved reliability and deployment stability. Comfortable owning end-to-end architecture—from security modelling and event-sourced serverless backends to CI/CD and frontend standards—he mentors teams and aligns engineering decisions with business outcomes. Mike has operated as a fractional CTO and led product-grade automation and marketing platforms built with Next.js, Contentful/GraphQL, and Azure serverless workflows. Outside corporate roles he’s built popular open-source tooling and a widely used World of Warcraft UI overhaul, demonstrating a long-standing habit of shipping practical, reusable developer-focused software. Based in Peterborough, UK, he’s focused on senior engineering and CTO-track opportunities that combine hands-on delivery with technical strategy.
7 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree (MSc) Advanced Computer Science, Master's degree (MSc) Advanced Computer Science at The University of ManchesterBachelor's degree (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor's degree (BSc) Computer Science at University of EssexExtended Diploma Interactive Media, Extended Diploma Interactive Media at Stamford CollegeSawtry Community College
Github Skills (95)
gatsby10
graphql10
react10
editor9
codemirror9
compiler9
frontend9
static-site-generator9
electron9
json9
typescript9
fastest9
vscode9
dotnet8
visual-studio8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Mayron/MayronUI-Official
Jan 2019 - Sep 2022
The full UI pack for MayronUI includes the core MUI addons, plus several other third-party addons to deliver the optimal WoW experience.
Contributions:9 commits in 3 years 8 months
user-interfacepartymuiui-packaddons
logit-io/docs-content
Oct 2024 - Feb 2025
Public Repository for the Content on https://docs.logit.io, PRs Welcome
Contributions:3 reviews, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 4 months
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