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SKILLS

Mike Schennum is a Software Engineer experienced in spearheading the development of large-scale software solutions and deploying intuitive solutions to meet client design requirements. Michael has a proven track record of driving customer satisfaction and is skilled in providing technical leadership, resulting in code quality, system reliability, and team productivity.

EXPERIENCE

Nelnet, Remote — Tech Lead

June 2021 - July 2024

  • Promoted from Senior Software Engineer to Tech Lead in 2023.
  • Primarily Front-end engineer before moving to Full Stack (Vue/Laravel).
  • Plan, architect, and write documentation/tickets for epics, roadmap, tech debt, and testing.
  • Spearhead app migration from Vue 2 to Vue 3.
  • Lead the Nelnet Philippines front-end engineering team.
  • Implement solutions with concise, efficient, testable code using Vue, TypeScript, SCSS, PHP, Laravel, Webpack, Knockout.js, and Mocha/Chai test framework.
  • Write unit, acceptance, visual regression, and end-to-end tests (both PHP and JS) when contributing code.

STS Cymetryc, Remote — Lead Front-End Developer

March 2020 - June 2021

  • Architect and build an enterprise-level healthcare portal app with Vue, Vuex, Vuetify, Vue Test Utils, and plain JavaScript.
  • Work closely with CEO and .NET engineers to design and launch greenfield app.

Modern Climate, Remote — Full Stack Developer

March 2018 - January 2020

  • Use React.js, Redux, Ruby on Rails, and PostgreSQL on a team of software engineers to develop enterprise apps.
  • Created church management mobile app with React Native and Typescript.
  • Promoted from Front-end Developer to Full-stack Developer II.

Prism Studios, Chandler, AZ — Front-End Developer

March 2017 - January 2018

  • Sub-contracted to American Express to work on fintech credit score software on an Agile team.
  • AngularJS, Angular, and React JavaScript developer for enterprise-level web and mobile applications.

Woz-U, Scottsdale, AZ — Coding Teacher Assistant

September 2016 - March 2017

  • Taught students Javascript, React, Node.js, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Typescript, .NET, and C#.
  • Prepared students for technical interviews and provided a thorough understanding of software development fundamentals.

EDUCATION

University of California, Santa Cruz, CA — Bachelor of Arts

Epicodus, Portland, OR — Full Stack Software Engineering

PROJECTS

Hangboard Repeaters - Rock Climbing Training App

Top five highest rated (over four stars) and most downloaded (over 50,000 downloads) rock climbing training apps on the Google Play Store.https://github.com/mikeschen/HangBoardRepeatersAndroid