Mike Rawding Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

As a Staff Software Engineer at Niche, I am responsible for designing and coordinating work on some of our toughest problems.• Design full stack solutions including web clients, backend services, and databases• Document and iterate on systems with product teams and stakeholders• Advocate for best practices concerning security and data management• Directly contribute to our various codebases as needed• Foster a healthy work environment for engineers, including opportunities to grow and take on new challenges• Take on high-value projects that improve DX at Niche, but don’t necessarily fit on any one product team

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

At Niche, I get to build modern React apps that have millions of visitors every month!Product Team Tech Lead • Help Product and Design teams understand engineering implications of new features • Organize work and define acceptance criteria to help engineers be successful during sprints • Provide guidance to more junior engineers on the product teamMember of the Front End Architecture Group (four members) • Make sure applications remain, performant, secure, and maintainable • Define and disseminate best practices for Niche’s Front End Engineering team • Review critical changes that require approval from an architectPrincipal creator and maintainer of Niche’s internal React component library • Create library based on MUI • Work closely with the design team to create components that work well for users and developers alike • Add automation with GitHub Actions to make it easier for other developers to contribute

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

• Design solutions that meet customer requirements as outlined by Product Management• Decompose work into tasks that allow multiple developers to collaborate and progress to be tracked• Lead a team of 4-8 developers by assigning tasking, providing technical guidance, and reviewing code• Ensure the team completes tasks on time and manage course corrections so deadlines are met• Demonstrate progress to interested parties with regular demos as projects progress• Participate in final decisions about stability, completeness, and releasability of software

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

• Design and implement complex database structures in PostgreSQL• Design REST APIs• Implement APIs with Java services that communicate with SQL and NoSQL databases• Create web client components with ReactJS to utilize APIs• Add automated testing

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

• Find and implement robust solutions to bugs• Create new services and components to meet requirements established by Project Management• Make full stack contributions to enterprise scale products

• Managed complex construction projects and renovations, often in parallel• Worked closely with clients to review plans and ensure customer satisfaction• Supervised Straightline employees on job sites to ensure compliance with company standards and quality results• Coordinated scheduling, subcontractors, design changes, and purchases with various vendors

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Undergraduate, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Political Science: Public Law

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Criminal Justice