Summary
Mike Suiter is a Principal Software Architect with over 25 years of backend Java/Spring experience and a decade of front-end SPA leadership, currently shaping cloud-native products using React, Next.js, Spring microservices, Docker/Kubernetes, and AWS. He architects large, customer-customizable Single Page Apps and mentors teams through complex migrations and productization, having led both cloud and on-prem codebases spanning hundreds of JavaScript files. Comfortable across the full stack and CI/CD pipelines, he blends pragmatic engineering with strong documentation and API-first practices. Beyond work, he applies his technical skills to community impact—raising $20,000 for cancer via Next.js/Tailwind sites he built and deployed—illustrating a rare combination of deep systems expertise and hands-on product craftsmanship.
9 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at Iowa State University