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Michael Lai

Backend Software Engineer

Austin, TX, USA

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Backend-focused Software Engineer with 3+ years of experience building and operating distributed systems and microservices using Python. Strong background in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and Kubernetes-based deployments, with a proven track record of improving system performance, reliability, and developer productivity.

Work Preferences

Salary

USD 100,000 โ€“ 130,001

Skills

Python10/10
Kubernetes8/10
Docker8/10
Flask8/10
CI/CD8/10
REST APIs (8/10)Django (8/10)Microservices (8/10)Vue.js (7/10)Kafka (7/10)Linux (7/10)PostgreSQL (7/10)RabbitMQ (7/10)Redis (7/10)Google Cloud (6/10)JavaScript (6/10)Java (6/10)Jenkins (6/10)MySQL (6/10)Nginx (6/10)

Work Experience

Team Lead

Taiwan Good Fortune Cloud Co., Ltd.

Jun 2021 โ€” Sept 2022

Led integration of 5 major CDN providers. Refactored backend services resulting in 40% performance improvement and 50% increase in team development efficiency. Collaborated cross-functionally to streamline software development cycle. Mentored 3 junior developers and facilitated weekly technical sharing sessions.

Full-Stack Engineer

Taiwan Good Fortune Cloud Co., Ltd.

May 2019 โ€” May 2021

Automated CI/CD deployments using Docker and Kubernetes, increasing deployment efficiency by 80%. Designed a domain management system using Vue.js and Python Flask, improving work efficiency by 85%. Built a real-time server monitoring and alerting system using Kafka, improving fault resolution time by 70%. Implemented RabbitMQ for asynchronous microservice communication, reducing latency by 60%.

Education

The University of Texas at Austin

MSc ยท Electrical and Computer Engineering

2023 โ€“ 2025

Fu Jen Catholic University

BSc ยท Physics

2013 โ€“ 2017