Mike Hanson

Software engineer with 20+ years of experience, including Staff and Lead roles. I take technical ownership of backend platforms: I set the architecture, design the APIs, and stay hands-on through the migration. The work I want gets a team shipping again and makes the system cheaper to run.

Some examples include:

• Reduced customer support requests by 90% after migrating login to Google’s Identity Platform.
• Enabled strategic partnerships with resellers by designing and implementing backend white labeling API.
• Saved the company $100k+ per year in licensing costs by removing a third-party rules engine from the product.

I love to lead and contribute to products where I am considered a technical owner. I prefer backend roles where I can architect, design, and develop RESTful APIs. I have DevOps experience, prefer working in C# on the .NET platform, and have recent experience in Kotlin and Java.

Seeking

• Lightweight, agile, and autonomous teams
• Product teams over project teams
• Individual contributor roles over management

TL;DR

• Backend and platform architecture
• API design and domain modeling
• Migrations, CI/CD and operational cost
• Mentors senior engineers
• C#, .NET, Kotlin, Java
• Remote only, United States