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Michael Brinkman

Senior Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems for FinTech and Healthcare

ColumnAuburn UniversityRemote, USA14 Years ExperienceSenior Level

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Fintech engineer with high-ownership startup experience at Column, where they led a Go rewrite of a core banking API that cut transaction errors by 98% and increased throughput by 40%. Brings a rare mix of backend systems depth in compliance-sensitive money movement infrastructure and frontend platform experience building React design systems, with earlier experience at Meta on recommendation APIs and News Feed.

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Key Strengths

  • Led rewrite of core banking API in Go
  • Reduced transaction errors by 98%
  • Improved system throughput by 40%
  • Strong ownership in lean startup environments
  • Balances performance gains with compliance and reliability constraints
  • Built scalable event pipelines and observability for money movement systems
  • B2B fintech platform experience supporting transaction initiation, reconciliation, and operational visibility
  • Frontend platform and React design system work that shortened release cycles
  • Full-stack experience across Go, React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Python

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Experience

Senior Software EngineerColumn · Mar 2022 – Present
Senior Software EngineerNextGen Healthcare · Aug 2018 – Feb 2022
Software EngineerFacebook · Jun 2015 – Jul 2018
Software EngineerAstarte Medical · Jan 2012 – May 2015

Education

Auburn Universitybachelor, Computer Science (2011)

Languages

English

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Michael BrinkmanSenior Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems for FinTech and Healthcare