Summary
Mike Zazaian is a platform architect and lead engineer with 17 years of experience specializing in Ruby and Elixir, bringing an estimated 20,000 hours in Ruby and 10,000 hours in Elixir to complex web and distributed systems. He currently leads engineering and platform work through FunctionHaus while consulting as a technical operations and platform architect for clients including PepsiCo, Basecamp, and regional enterprises. Mike excels at turning early ideas into robust, launch-ready products, blending hands-on development, architecture, and engineering leadership across startups and established brands. Based in Detroit, he combines deep backend expertise with project-director experience and is available for C2C engagements through his team at FunctionHaus. An often-overlooked strength is his long track record of short-term, high-impact consulting engagements that accelerate teams without requiring long ramp-up times.
17 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.A, B.A at University of Michigan
German