Mike Hall

Staff Software Engineer

Experience

Senior Software Developer

Viewpoints | Chicago, IL | -

Led team supporting development of core business systems.

  • Implemented tracking and marketing tool to enable a new revenue stream for the company. Impact: Directly contributed to top-line growth by enabling new monetization strategies.
  • Simplified the shared development environment and reduced risky practices. Leadership: Built testing and development environments to enable CI, improving team velocity and code quality.
  • Streamlined and stabilized the AWS deployment process. Impact: Enabled easier scaling during high demand periods through optimized server images and deployment workflows.

Skills: AWS EC2, AWS RDS, AWS S3, Airbrake, Bash, CSS, Capistrano, Git, GitHub, JavaScript, Linux, Logentries, NGINX, PostgreSQL, REST, RSpec, Redis, Resque, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Sass, Sidekiq, Trello, Ubuntu, Unicorn, Vagrant, Vim, XHTML, Z shell (Zsh)