Summary
Mike Vanbeneden is a seasoned Chief Architect and full-stack software leader with over a decade of experience designing and delivering highly scalable mobile and cloud-native distributed systems. He combines hands-on engineering—spanning smart contracts on Polygon, React/Next.js frontends, TypeScript/NestJS backends, and infrastructure as code—with executive and startup experience leading global teams to rapid MVPs and product-market fit. His background includes architecting event-driven microservices and real-time data streams for e-commerce logistics, pioneering audio DSP mashup technology with a US patent, and operationalizing DevOps pipelines across AWS, GCP, and Kubernetes. Comfortable translating product vision into pragmatic technical roadmaps, he balances strategic decision-making with code-level contributions and automated CI/CD practices. Based in Atlanta, he brings a pragmatic entrepreneurial streak and a talent for selecting third-party integrations that cut costs and accelerate time-to-market.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Computer Science, Computer Science at Georgia State University
English, Spanish