Summary
Mike Vive is a Senior Software Engineer and former technical lead with 5+ years building full-stack, cloud-native, and IoT systems across startups and enterprise teams in Colombia and the UK. He currently develops backend payroll services at GlossGenius and has led multiplatform projects spanning Angular/React, Node.js, Python, Java/Spring, and AWS-based microservices. Trained as a Mechatronic Engineer, he brings hardware-to-cloud experience—designing remote monitoring devices and industrial automation—so he comfortably bridges embedded firmware, communication protocols, and scalable backend architectures. Mike emphasizes pragmatic engineering and best practices, having delivered products for agriculture, document transactions, and beauty-wellness businesses. An IoT enthusiast who codes mainly in JavaScript and Python, he combines creative problem solving with hands-on leadership to move systems from prototype to production.
5 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Mechatronic Engineer, Mechatronic Engineer at Universidad Autónoma de Occidente