Michael Booth

Principal Software Engineer @Raven Soul Wellness

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Michael Booth, as Principal Software Engineer, is responsible for leading the development and implementation of software applications. He plays a crucial role in managing the entire software development lifecycle, from initial concept and design to testing and deployment. His duties also include identifying and analyzing user needs to create software solutions that align with business goals. With his strong technical skills and leadership abilities, Michael Booth ensures the delivery of high-quality, efficient, and innovative software solutions. His expertise in various programming languages and software development methodologies, along with his problem-solving capabilities, make him a vital asset to the organization.

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Work Background

Raven SoulDirector of Technology

Feb. 2024Victoria, British Columbia, Canada · On-site• Marketing and E-commerce Platform Development: Spearheaded the development of a comprehensive marketing and e-commerce platform for a startup healthcare business. • Wellness Community Backend Service: Designed and implemented a robust backend service to support a wellness community focused on relationship issues and mental health support. • Full Stack System Development: Led the development of a full-stack system utilizing React, GraphQL, Kotlin, Spring Boot, and Postgres on Google Cloud. • Internal Tools Implementation: Deployed developer and internal workplace tools to enhance operational efficiency, leveraging Google Workspace for seamless integration. Technologies Used: Kotlin, TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Postgres, Google Cloud, GraphQL, React, Git

ApplyBoardPrincipal Software Engineer

Nov. 2022 - Apr. 2024Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaLead Migration to Distributed Microservices: Spearhead the migration effort from a monolithic system to a distributed microservices architecture. This includes devising and implementing best practices for our full-stack team in service development. Front-End Optimization: Utilize expertise to optimize the design for efficient front-end delivery in a TypeScript Nest stack. Ensure a seamless and performant user experience for our customers. Foundations for GraphQL and Service Standards: Establish the groundwork for the migration to GraphQL and define service standards for our backend systems, ensuring the scalability and maintainability of our technology stack. Collaboration with Product Team: Collaborate closely with the product team to define technical requirements. Develop prototypes and translate these requirements into well-structured project plans for multiple development teams. Best Practices for Cross-Functional Teams: Work collaboratively with a cross-functional team of Senior Engineers to develop best practices that benefit the entire organization. Foster a culture of excellence and innovation within the engineering department. AI Integration: Contribute to the strategic planning for the seamless integration of AI solutions into our existing platform, enhancing our capabilities and staying at the forefront of technological advancements. Key Technologies: TypeScript, Node, NestJS, Kotlin, Ruby on Rails, Postgres, AWS, CDK, ChatGPT, Azure

realtor.comPrincipal Software Engineer

Jan. 2021 - Oct. 2022Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaLed the design and implementation of a decision engine for determining next best action in a journey personalization system to increase user engagement during the home buying and selling process. • Advocated GraphQL and Kotlin best practices • Lead presentations of architecture and product roadmap to diverse groups across the organization • Led research, development and implementation of decision engine working closely with product and data science to produce a system that could be managed by business groups with little developer involvement. • Managed and coached a small team of developers in design and development.

TeradataStaff Cloud Engineer

Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2021Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaContributed on the Azure implementation of Vantage as a Service. Maintained cloud native functions in TypeScript, Python and Java for the scaling of deployed Vantage instances in Azure for large scale clients.

Expedia GroupPrincipal Engineer Hotel Core Technology

Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2020Bellevue WA, Seattle,WA, Vancouver BC, Victoria BCPrincipal software engineer for Hotels Core shopping team. Lead the design and migration of legacy monolith application to cloud based distributed micro service model. Focused on increased performance of data delivery to clients and simplification of the client model for a better user experience. Lead the design of a distributed business domain encapsulating business logic and dependencies into clean efficient services. Migrated page based backend systems into defined sharable services to reduce code duplication and complexity. Mentored and coached team members in design and development. Java, Kotlin, Spring, SpringBoot, NoSQL, Mongo, AWS, GraphQL, Node.

RealNetworksLead Software Engineer

Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2010Greater Seattle AreaDesigned Developed a new casual game shopping platform consolidating complex system into a new platform geared to speed front end development and delivery. Java, Spring, Spring MVC - webflow.

Hewlett PackardSr. Software Engineer

Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2006Greater San Diego AreaWorked on shared platform for web based applications. Platform was leveraged by multiple teams with in HP for web based applications. Java, Spring, JSF.