Michael Leanos

5.0

(40 reviews)

US$40.00

For every 15 mins

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ABOUT ME

The best products come from innovation through healthy, non-competitive, and agile collaborations.

For the majority of my career (over 15 years), I have focused on enterprise level applications primarily working with Microsoft tools & technologies. I've been working with Node.js, Angular.js, and other similar frameworks. In particular, I have been working with the MEAN Stack (https://github.com/meanjs/mean), and have become a main contributor to the project.

Software development problems are not too different but the infinite ways they can be resolved through new innovative methods inspires me. As a consequence, I have abundant experience in learning new technologies quickly. I'm very detail oriented, and have always had the ability to look at a project from bird's eye view and calculate how any change will affect the project as a whole. This comes in very handy when feature planning.

English

Pacific Time (US & Canada) (-08:00)

Joined August 2016

EXPERTISE

JavaScript

10 years experience | 23 endorsements

I've been familiar with JavaScript since I was in high school; over 20 years ago. With the ever changing feature sets in JavaScript, it t...

I've been familiar with JavaScript since I was in high school; over 20 years ago. With the ever changing feature sets in JavaScript, it takes effort to stay on top of them & to know when/where to apply things like ES6 features such as classes, arrow functions, and asycn/await methods. I find it very exciting and interesting to try out the newest versions of JavaScript, and even TypeScript.

Angular

7 years experience | 10 endorsements

I have extensive experience with building front-end applications with AngularJS. I write clean, organized, and re-usable Angular javascri...

I have extensive experience with building front-end applications with AngularJS. I write clean, organized, and re-usable Angular javascript. Most of my AngularJS applications are built using the principles and guidelines outlined in a very popular style-guide.

Git

10 years experience | 3 endorsements

I solely use Git for all my source control needs. I've used many source control solutions/tools. IMHO, Git is the best technology around ...

I solely use Git for all my source control needs. I've used many source control solutions/tools. IMHO, Git is the best technology around for version control, and keeping my projects well organized. I have encountered most complex issues that arise with using Git, and am confident in my ability to solve even the most complicated merge-conflicts. I'm a huge proponent of using Git Flow branching strategies.

BitbucketGitHub Git flow

BitbucketGitHub Git flow Version control

MEAN.js

7 years experience

I've been building MEAN stack applications for over 4 years. More specifically, I have been working with the MEAN.js open-source frame...

I've been building MEAN stack applications for over 4 years. More specifically, I have been working with the MEAN.js open-source framework that's hosted on GitHub; I'm also a main contributor to the project. More than likely, I am one of the most experienced developers with MEAN.js. This experience also translates to expert knowledge of each technology used within the framework. I have built many prototype/start-up applications using MEAN.js, and I'm constantly helping to improve the framework.

Mocha Node.js MongoDB

Mocha Node.js MongoDB Express jwt OAuth 2.0

MongoDB

8 years experience | 5 endorsements

I have extensive experience with local environment MongoDB development, as well as hosted solutions in mLab (formerly known as MongoLab),...

I have extensive experience with local environment MongoDB development, as well as hosted solutions in mLab (formerly known as MongoLab), and distributed environments such as EC2 (Ubuntu).

DevOps Document storeDocument database

Node.js

10 years experience | 12 endorsements

My experience with Node.js ranges from simple server based applications, to very complex full-stack platforms. My understanding of NPM, a...

My experience with Node.js ranges from simple server based applications, to very complex full-stack platforms. My understanding of NPM, and the Node.js eco-system gives great insight into how to best architect scalable & flexible applications.

Async.js JavaScript SPA

Async.js JavaScript SPA Node.js Event driven npm Bower Grunt

Mongoose

7 years experience

I have built many MongoDB database schema's with Mongoose. I understand most of the nuances that come with working with a Document-based ...

I have built many MongoDB database schema's with Mongoose. I understand most of the nuances that come with working with a Document-based database storage ORM. Including, but not limited to, referenced schema's, embedded documents, model validations, aggregate queries, and pre/post hooks.

MongoDB NoSQL Mocha

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0

(40 reviews)

William Violette

July 2019

Michael is great to work with. I will be reaching out again when I need him. I can't rave enough about him. Thanks Michael!

Removed User

March 2019

Solved my problem fast and simple!

Removed User

March 2019

Wonderful, friendly, supportive mentor! Familiar with many different use cases and scenarios and can explain the pros and cons of various implementations. Knowledgeable and helped answer several questions.

Mac Tichner

December 2016

Patient and knowlagable

Noah

December 2016

Super helpful, great javascript skills.

Ben Brostoff

November 2016

Professional, punctual, and courteous. Friendly guy with talent.

Alex

November 2016

Michael helped me work through Git installation and update issues on Mac OS

Kin Tsang

November 2016

Michael is knowledgeable and knows about Angular, CSS, and Heroku deployment. Very nice and friendly person. He is also someone that has been coding for a while.

Chad Gardner

November 2016

Micheal was a big help. He's very knowledgeable and a good communicator.

Ian McCallum

October 2016

Really great session with Michael. A lot of good communication before session. Starting out, we explored what I was trying to do, and when we hit a little wall, Michael was willing to suspend the session until we got back on track. Then he methodically led me to the right solution. Really like the approach, and will make it my 'leading practice' for testing.

SOCIAL PRESENCE

Stack Overflow

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EMPLOYMENTS

Senior Software Engineer

Magnitude.io

2020-01-01-Present

I'm the lead backend developer for Magnitude's LMS platform that delivers a hands on experience through cloud-based softwar...

I'm the lead backend developer for Magnitude's LMS platform that delivers a hands on experience through cloud-based software & hardware. I work with a small team of developers, in an Agile project environment using Asana & Git (BitBucket). I enhance hardware integrations with our software. I have a the pleasure of influencing the direction of our technology stack, and I help to keep it up to date with the latest industry standards & newest technologies.

Node.js

MongoDB

Mongoose

Node.js

MongoDB

Mongoose

TypeScript

Raspberry Pi

AWS

Software Engineer

Freelance

2017-11-01-Present

Worked on various web-based projects for many clients. Primarily worked with non-profit agencies seeking to build social justice movements.

Node.js

MySQL

MongoDB

Node.js

MySQL

MongoDB

Angular

Linux

Bootstrap

React Native

Angular 7

Vue.js

Director of Engineering

Magnitude.io

2017-11-01-2019-02-01

Lead developer for Magnitude's LMS platform that delivered a hands on experience through cloud-based software & hardware. Man...

Lead developer for Magnitude's LMS platform that delivered a hands on experience through cloud-based software & hardware. Managed a team of developers, in an Agile project environment using Asana & Git (BitBucket). Enhanced hardware integrations with our software. Influenced our technological direction for our hardware & software products.

Node.js

MySQL

MongoDB

Node.js

MySQL

MongoDB

Angular

Arduino

Raspberry Pi

Bootstrap

React

React Native