Mike Hall

Staff Software Engineer

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Senior Software Developer

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Owned API design and modernization strategy, leading incremental legacy migration for a high-volume digital marketing platform.

  • Strangler-Fig Modernization: Architected incremental modernization roadmap, replacing a high-risk full rewrite with a phased Strangler-Fig migration under production load.
  • Internal API Gateway: Built internal API Gateway with standardized JSON contracts and token authentication, safely isolating legacy backend services.
  • Automated CI/CD Verification: Introduced automated static analysis and security scanning into deployment pipelines, preventing regression and vulnerability drift.

Skills: Platform Architecture, API Gateway Design, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, React, Redis, Legacy System Modernization, Secure API Design, Data Migration Strategy

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