Michael Martin

Senior Software Engineer | Python, Django, API, AWS, Kafka

Chandler, Arizona, United States

About

Senior Backend Engineer with over 14 years of experience specializing in Python backend systems, APIs, and event-driven architecture. Expert in Python, Django/Django Rest Framework, FastAPI, Kafka messaging, asynchronous/Celery and AWS/Kubernetes infrastructure.

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer at The Cadmus Group
    Sep 2024 - May 2026 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Contract for SiriusXM developing a new event-driven and schedule based ad-data reporting platform across multiple microservices using Django/API, kafka and pandas, processing high-volume advertising data for daily and weekly reports.

  • Senior Software Engineer at Elation Health
    Feb 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Led the migration of the Care Gap FastAPI microservice to a standalone Amazon EKS environment, improving scalability for a national EHR platform. Refactored legacy modules into decoupled microservices.

  • Senior Software Engineer at Attainia, Inc.
    Apr 2021 - Dec 2021 · 9 mos

    Developed complex PDF reporting features using Pandas for a medical equipment planning platform built in Python. Streamlined developer onboarding by authoring and maintaining a comprehensive Postman API reference suite.

  • Senior Software Engineer at CareShepherd
    Jun 2020 - Mar 2021 · 10 mos

    Developed and deployed IOS wellness mobile app in Dart and Flutter with Python and Firebase/NoSQL backend.

  • Senior Software Engineer at Local Motors
    Oct 2012 - May 2020 · 7 yrs 8 mos

    Co-led development of a Python/Django social creation platform from scratch with a small team. Whitelabels developed for GE Appliances (firstbuild.com) and the US Army REF