Software Engineer

Michael Larson

Experience

Software Engineer 2 · Comcast
Apr 2025 – Present
  • Developed and maintained a production-ready internal portal using React that is used every day by over 3,000 employees — letting them run SQL queries, connect with support, and use AI tools to tune their queries.
  • Established a GitHub Actions suite using Terraform and the AWS CLI to create and scale AWS EC2 instances across multiple availability zones, leading to 10-minute deployments and 99% uptime during upgrades.
  • Participated in an employee leadership and mentoring program, spending nine months building and pitching a production application to senior leadership.
Software Engineer 1 · Meter Group Inc.
Dec 2022 – Apr 2025
  • Spearheaded a backend project to integrate API services, ensuring smooth data flow across platforms, which led to a ~40% reduction in load times and a 30% improvement in the application's performance metrics.
  • Orchestrated the transition of design files to interactive, mobile-optimized websites using React and MUI — leading to a 60% increase in mobile traffic, amplifying brand exposure and boosting user engagement.
  • Revamped front-end and back-end systems by implementing pagination, cutting page load times by over 2,000% and improving data retrieval speeds for faster loading, searching, and filtering.
Software Engineering Intern · Meter Group Inc.
Apr 2021 – Dec 2022
  • Built a comprehensive test suite using Robot Framework to simulate frontend user interactions, leading to the identification and resolution of 40+ bugs and enhancing application stability and user satisfaction by 35%.
  • Managed the resolution of 80+ frontend bugs, significantly enhancing the app's usability and functionality — a 25% decrease in user-reported issues and a 20% increase in positive feedback.
  • Refined web app responsiveness and cross-browser compatibility, resulting in a 25% increase in user engagement and a 20% decrease in bounce rates through adaptive design and rigorous testing across devices.

Projects

  • Crafted a portfolio website leveraging Svelte and shadcn UI, with a focus on contemporary, mobile-responsive design — showcasing software engineering abilities to industry professionals.
  • Designed an intuitive interface incorporating backend features such as direct-email functionality, letting potential employers and clients connect effortlessly.
  • Programmed a full-stack application using Python and React to interactively explore sabermetric data across seasons and teams, predicting what future player seasons could look like.
  • Used TensorFlow's linear regression to analyze how variables like hits, strikeouts, and home runs correlated with wins, and built a visualizer comparing production to earned wages.
Music Video Generator
  • Created an engaging UI using Vue and Material UI letting users generate music videos by dragging their clips, with customization via predefined themes and templates.
  • Pioneered backend integration with Google Cloud APIs for text extraction from audio, improving narrative and thematic alignment while cutting rendering times by 30%.
Virtual Classroom Simulator · Second Place, WSU Hackathon
  • Built a Unity-based multiplayer application using C++ for character movement and networking, transforming virtual school interactions into an engaging RPG-like environment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Incorporated proximity-based voice and video chat enabling real-time communication among students in an interactive map, fostering community in a virtual learning space.

Education

Washington State University

B.S. in Software Engineering · Minor in Statistics

Languages & Skills

ReactTypeScriptHTMLCSSTerraformSQL

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