Michael Dinerstein
Oregon, U.S. | md@missionmike.dev
Senior Software Engineer with a Focus on Full Stack Web Applications & Data
Skills
Structured query language SQL,
JavaScript,
CSS,
PHP,
Project Management,
HTML
eCommerce
jQuery,
GitHub
Linux,
WordPress,
Ubuntu
Adobe Premiere Pro,
MySQL,
Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Photoshop
Mentoring,
MariaDB
React,
API Development
Headless WordPress,
Continuous Integration,
Jest,
SCSS,
WHM,
cPanel,
Node.js,
TypeScript,
GitHub Actions,
GraphQL,
webpack
Salesforce.com Salesforce CRM,
CentOS,
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
PostgreSQL,
PHPUnit,
Adobe XD,
MailChimp,
VS Code Dev Containers,
AWS,
pytest,
Next.js,
Python,
Docker
GatsbyJS,
Salesforce Pardot,
Cypress,
Adobe After Effects
SQLAlchemy,
Prisma,
Playwright,
Amazon CloudFront,
Screaming Frog SEO Spider,
Amazon DocumentDB,
Apache JMeter,
Flask,
Apache Airflow,
Kubernetes,
IBM Terraform,
Selenium
Work Experience
The Real Deal - New York, NY (Remote)
Senior Full Stack Developer — March 2022 to September 2024
Improved stability and performance of online publications on web and mobile (3M+ monthly visitors).
Configured VS Code Dev Containers for front-end, back-end, and data teams.
Designed and developed a proprietary address matching and geocoding solution.
Identified infrastructure adjustments to reduce monthly AWS costs by 50%.
Built a quarantine system to analyze potentially bad data for refinement/cleansing.
Designed an API to manage and share internal data with a separate CMS.
Configured QA browser automation and reporting for the QA team.
Designed a performance test suite for web and API endpoints for the QA team to utilize.
Optimized web scrapers and improved development processes for the data team.
Set up continuous integration workflows for front-end, back-end, and data applications.
Solved caching challenges to reduce infrastructure costs.
Improved team code review and development practices.
Recording Radio Film Connection & CASA Schools - Los Angeles, CA (Remote)
Lead Developer / Designer — July 2018 to March 2022
Designed a system to organize customer reviews for market-specific landing pages.
Managed hosting and servers for mini-sites, marketing landing pages, and learning management system.
Mentored junior developers and designers, managed projects and oversaw contract work from vendors.
Launched a custom learning management system and provided onboarding support and training.
Coordinated org-wide Salesforce and Pardot upgrades and training in partnership with a contractor.
Developed Salesforce-integrated payment portal with Authorize.net.
Designed and built a new marketing website for flagship products using headless WordPress and React.
Designed a geo-targeted tier system to optimize the sales funnel in Salesforce.
Implemented automated testing with Jest and React, and continuous integration with GitHub Actions.
Web Developer / Designer — February 2016 to July 2018
Improved website performance and SEO in partnership with contractors.
Developed internal APIs to publish content across multiple sites faster.
Managed email and web newsletter for 100K+ recipients.
Designed and developed a custom learning management system for hybrid learning.
Designed and built landing pages, multi-step forms and surveys.
Implemented version control for all projects with GitHub.
Junior Graphic Designer — February 2014 to February 2016
Developed custom interactive curriculum exercises.
Designed ad campaigns, creative templates, email blasts and print banners.
Designed and developed marketing and blog websites.
Designed school curriculum and marketing graphics.
Urban Farm Agency / itBrand.co - Long Beach, CA (Remote)
Senior Web Developer, Contract — July 2017 to July 2018
Mentored and worked with other designers and developers to ship projects for a variety of verticals.
Designed and built websites and web applications for clients in WordPress.
Met with clients and staff to plan and iterate projects.
Graphic Designer / Web Developer, Contract — July 2016 to July 2017
Designed logos and website graphics for clients.
Built and updated landing pages and email campaigns.
Self-Employed / Freelance - Los Angeles, CA (Remote)
Web Developer & Graphic Designer — December 2011 to July 2018
Met with clients to scope out work and plan projects, ensuring their visions came alive in graphics and web.
Worked with a variety of verticals including motorsports, legal, beauty, real estate, entertainment, places of worship, portfolios, construction, ecommerce, and education.
Education
Santa Monica College
Database Applications Developer, Department Certificate — December 2017
Web Programmer, Department Certificate — September 2016