Hi, I'm Michael DeShay, a Software Engineer with over four years of experience crafting robust full-stack web applications. I specialize in technologies like React.js, Redux, Ruby on Rails, and Python, and I enjoy deploying scalable cloud-native solutions on platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. I thrive in Agile environments where security, performance, and teamwork are top priorities. I have a passion for building systems that are not only high-performing but also user-friendly and secure. Throughout my career, I've enhanced merchant onboarding dashboards, streamlined fraud detection workflows, and developed location-based social media applications. I'm always eager to take on new challenges that push the boundaries of web development and cloud computing.

Michael DeShay

Hi, I'm Michael DeShay, a Software Engineer with over four years of experience crafting robust full-stack web applications. I specialize in technologies like React.js, Redux, Ruby on Rails, and Python, and I enjoy deploying scalable cloud-native solutions on platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. I thrive in Agile environments where security, performance, and teamwork are top priorities. I have a passion for building systems that are not only high-performing but also user-friendly and secure. Throughout my career, I've enhanced merchant onboarding dashboards, streamlined fraud detection workflows, and developed location-based social media applications. I'm always eager to take on new challenges that push the boundaries of web development and cloud computing.

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Hi, I’m Michael DeShay, a Software Engineer with over four years of experience crafting robust full-stack web applications. I specialize in technologies like React.js, Redux, Ruby on Rails, and Python, and I enjoy deploying scalable cloud-native solutions on platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. I thrive in Agile environments where security, performance, and teamwork are top priorities.

I have a passion for building systems that are not only high-performing but also user-friendly and secure. Throughout my career, I’ve enhanced merchant onboarding dashboards, streamlined fraud detection workflows, and developed location-based social media applications. I’m always eager to take on new challenges that push the boundaries of web development and cloud computing.

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Experience Level

Expert
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Expert
Expert

Work Experience

Software Engineer at Mastercard
June 30, 2025 - August 22, 2025
Developed scalable React.js components for a merchant onboarding dashboard that improved UI responsiveness for risk analysts. Integrated PostgreSQL databases with ORM for data integrity and crafted dynamic queries to support real-time fraud scoring. Deployed components on AWS using CI/CD pipelines to ensure automated testing and high availability. Built RESTful back-end services with Python frameworks Flask and FastAPI for modular merchant risk evaluation. Utilized Python and Pandas to transform and validate datasets and developed utilities for monitoring API latency improving system performance visibility with AWS CloudWatch.
Software Engineer II at Recurve Analytics
March 31, 2024 - August 22, 2025
Developed full-stack applications with React, Redux, and REST APIs to improve user experience in an Agile setting. Engineered modular frontend components with responsive UI and Redux state management ensuring cross-browser compatibility. Built secure backend services in Python with real-time microservices data exchange. Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Git, GitHub, and Docker to streamline deployments. Automated ETL workflows with Apache Airflow, DBT, and SQL on GCP improving pipeline reliability. Optimized BigQuery queries for faster analytics and managed data storage with MongoDB and MySQL.

Education

Curriculum of Study in Web/Software Development at App Academy
June 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021
B.A In Philosophy & Computer Science at Baylor University
September 1, 2016 - June 1, 2020

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics