Hi! I'm Mike
I'm a software developer based in Toronto, currently working at RBC.
I have 8+ years of experience as a Full-Stack Developer. I've worked with a wide variety of modern web technologies, as seen below. I have worked in companies of all sizes, from a tiny real-estate startup, to a mid-size media company, all the way to a large Silicon Valley B2B company, and a globally-significant Canadian bank.
I am passionate about clean code, testing, new technology, and cold brew coffee.
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Work Experience
- Developed and maintained payment engines and related services using Scala and Java.
- Developed an internal tool using Angular to allow other teams to easily make manual adjustments to database records.
January, 2022 - January, 2023
- Freelance full-stack web development, primarily using Ruby on Rails & React
- Worked to launch a customer notification system in a new service region.
- Helped to onboard new team members.
- Updated and maintained multiple legacy services in Ruby, Elixir, and Scala.
- Maintained significant legacy Rails codebase to power main API, data ingestion, and push notifications.
- Designed and built two new data ingestion services using HTTP polling and socket connections, using Ruby and Elixir.
- Helped design and develop a payments gateway using Elixir and Phoenix.
May, 2016 - March, 2018
- Design, build, and maintain tools to process data.
- Architect and scale APIs to power front-end features.
- Ensure high levels of testing and documentation.
- Utilize primarily Go, Ruby, and RethinkDB.
Next Adventure: You!
Email Address
mike@mikebowman.dev
My Toolbelt
While I'll use whichever tool is best for the job, I have significant experience with these particular tools
