Michael Aldape Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, Us

• Currently serving as lead architect for our Backend-For-Frontend (BFF) that streamlines and optimizes the user experience for six independent native frontends. Also known as “Server Driven UI”, this architecture allows clients to speak a common language to dynamically build frontends that maintain feature parity with each other and many other benefits.• Working with NestJS (NodeJS + TypeScript) to build micro-services serving a multitude of purposes including: consuming worker queues, automated services with 3rd party APIs, NoSQL databases, and user feature development.• Contributing to multiple codebases - iOS (Swift), tvOS (Swift), Web (Angular / TypeScript) and Backend (TypeScript / NodeJS & PHP)•Working Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Provider (GCP) to build, deploy and monitor web services. Familiar with Kubernetes, Docker, CloudSQL, Cloud Storage, Cloud Build, Memorystore (Redis & Memcached), PubSub, Firestore, Container/Artifact Registry and more.

Austin, Tx, Us

• Architected a new platform from the ground up implementing robust technologies to achieve the ambitious goals of the platform. Challenges included integrating with multiple fitness APIs/wearables, providing fitness rankings realtime and providing a powerful fitness challenge creation tool.• Worked with designers and developers to produce the web application and iOS application, along with a shared and extendable API. • Interfaced with customers to gather feedback, understand goals and implement partnerships.• Managed the growth of the FitRankings technical team including making key hires, ensuring quality code practices and providing dynamic build and deploy processes to manage team scalability.Currently serving as an advisor and providing continued support for FitRankings.

Austin, Texas, Us

• Played a major role in developing the front-end web application for the 2.0 platform. This was an ambitious redesigned that required top-notch UI in a short time frame. • Worked with back-end developers to integrate site functionality with the front-end. • Worked closely with designers and product teams to ensure user experience was meeting expectations.

Austin, Tx, Us

• Responsible for developing and deploying FitRanking's core products. This includes web and iOS applications.• Worked with top management to ensure customer expectations were being met.• Ensured products were built, tested and delivered on time.

• Served as CEO, with 2 additional co-founders• Stamps was an anonymous and localized photo-sharing app. It was released for iOS in 2014.• Oversaw direction and implementation of the Stamps design and experience.• Solved unique challenges involving custom UI, image caching, encryption and location.• Built and designed the app alongside one other technical co-founder.• In its short lifespan, it was downloaded 1000s of times worldwide.

Austin, Tx, Us

• Worked closely with clients to gather requirements, develop project plans and proposals. Served in key position facilitating the close and follow through of projects.• Played key role in hiring technical talent• Lead local and remote teams with varying skill sets to build out software to specifications.• Tracked and measured success across projects.• Built iOS and mobile software applications for clients of various sizes and budgets.

Austin, Texas, Us

• Worked in large agile team to produce an iOS app for a large multi-national corporation.• Worked closely with client to determine requirements and build out features in a fast-paced agile environment.• Wrote and tested production code.

Austin, Tx, Us

• Worked in a small team to develop Flash & web applications for Fortune 500 companies.• Built out custom web marketing & e-learning experiences for clients across various industries.• Worked closely with customers to determine project requirements, feasibility and resources required.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Management Information Systems, General

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies