Mike Swierenga
Senior Software Engineer at Kong Inc.
Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolMike Swierenga is a senior software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building web services, front-ends, mobile apps, and embedded systems across diverse stacks—from Angular/Node and C#/.NET to iOS/Android and firmware. Currently at Kong, he brings a pragmatic, full-stack mindset honed by roles delivering data-focused web apps, Shopify integrations, and hardware calibration software. Comfortable leading API and front-end development, Mike has a track record of shipping production and proof-of-concept systems that bridge analytics, automation, and real-world devices. His background includes automotive and smart-appliance firmware work as well as shop-floor experience in construction and retail management, which informs his practical, user-centered approach to engineering.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Senior, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Senior at Grand Valley State UniversityDutch environmental studies, Dutch environmental studies at VU University Amsterdam
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Github Skills (98)
api-management10
reverse-proxy10
swagger10
consul10
serverless10
rest-api10
kong10
microservices10
cloud-native10
native-api10
face10
javascript10
get-started10
swagger-ui10
api10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Kong/brij
May 2023 - Mar 2025
build responsively in json-schema
Contributions:5 reviews, 50 PRs, 58 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Mierenga/kameleon
Jun 2019 - Jun 2022
Generate KML files from CSV files
Contributions:1 PR, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years
csvcsv-readerkml-filescsv-filescsv-parser
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