Michael Faires-McClellan
Michael Faires-McClellan (he/him) is an American full-stack developer living in Amsterdam since 2023. He has been focused on front end systems recently and has over 25 years of experience in IT.
About
Michael Faires-McClellan (he/him) is an American full-stack developer living in Amsterdam since 2023. He has been focused on front end systems recently and has over 25 years of experience in IT.
Technology has changed a lot over the last 30 years, but Michael has been working with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and SQL the whole time. The last decade+ has also involved multiple projects using Spring Boot, Angular, Mulesoft, and serverless (Lambda and Functions). He has worked CI/CD in both Jenkins and Azure DevOps, and has deployed applications on-prem, AWS, and on Azure.
Michael is a native English speaker from Austin, Texas who has been learning Dutch for a few years and becoming more Dutch every day.
- 3 years' experience
- Joined September 2025
Languages
- EnglishFluent
Industry experience
- Financial Services
- Software & Internet
- Professional Services
- Other
Work experience· 6 roles
Contract work for Texas Mutual as technical lead of an Agile/SCRUM team supporting an Agent-focus value stream; guided mid-level members, implemented new features and bug fixes, and provided strong leadership and direction to the team. Consistently met demanding deadlines and took responsibility for issues that arose.
Mentored new technical lead and provided additional development support as needed. Previously served as the technical lead of an Agile-SCRUM team supporting an Agent-focus value stream. Delegated daily and weekly work to maximize throughput while encouraging ongoing professional development of the team. Surpassed milestones with efficiency, delivering all phases of projects and building strong relationships with development teams, managers, and stakeholders while working remotely.
Led an Agile/SCRUM team supporting an Agent-focused value stream; guided mid-level developers; implemented new features and bug fixes; provided strong leadership and consistently met deadlines; coordinated tasks and ensured delivery.
Education
Certifications and awards· 5
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