Michael Kuan

Problem solver, cutting-edge technology advocate

Taipei–Keelung Metropolitan area

About

With many years of experience in software development and architecture, I am passionate about creating innovative solutions that enhance user experience and meet organizational needs. I have a strong background in Go, JavaScript, and PHP.

Experience

  • Software Architect at Second Talent
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    Contracted through Second Talent, specializing in developing high-concurrency systems using Go.

  • 24/7 Research and Development & Co-founder at CapsLock, Studio
    2013 - Present · 13 yrs 7 mos

    Responsible for writing technical articles and making some fun stuff.

  • Senior Software Engineer at MineSec SoftPOS
    Aug 2024 - Apr 2025 · 9 mos

  • Senior Software Architect at 點單 DimOrder
    Jan 2021 - Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    - Design and implement elegant APIs, ensuring an optimal user experience for seamless interactions with various systems and services. - Develop and maintain a 24-hour monitoring system to oversee API performance, guaranteeing high availability and reliability. - Ensure all APIs consistently meet or exceed the established Service Level Agreement (SLA), emphasizing robustness and efficiency. - Make informed infrastructure decisions to fulfill organizational requirements, optimizing for scalability and security. - Collaborate cross-functionally to align software development with business goals, facilitating a unified approach to technology implementation. - Built DimOrder services from 2021, achieving a growth of over 1000% due to strategic planning and execution. - Managed more than 20 servers, ensuring that most of them maintained a 99.9% uptime, reflecting high standards of operational excellence. - Proficient in integrating various payment gateways, including Octopus (八達通), Fiserv, Stripe, QFPay (covering Alipay and WeChat Pay), and 2C2P (supporting credit card payments and Apple Pay), enhancing e-commerce capabilities and facilitating global transactions. - Utilized Scrapy, a powerful Python tool, to develop a robust platform for data collection and processing. This platform plays a crucial role in supporting business strategy decisions and analyzing market trends by enabling the efficient extraction and manipulation of web data for comprehensive insights. - Implemented Kubernetes Operators for unified management of deployments, ensuring consistency and streamlined updates across our services. This approach significantly enhanced our operational efficiency and reduced the risk of discrepancies during deployment and updates.

  • Technical Consultant at Tick1
    Jun 2020 - Jan 2021 · 8 mos