Michael R. Dinerstein

Idaho, U.S.

Tech Leader, Software Engineer - Full Stack Web Applications & Data

Professional Summary

Professional software engineer and web developer since 2011. I love to design and build interactive, informative, and interesting software products using a variety of tech. I thrive in a team environment, but can also navigate on my own. I founded ampdresume.com to learn new things about growing my own platform, and I've contributed to open-source projects such as Flagsmith and WPGraphQL TestCase.

Skills

28 years:

HTML

16 years:

CSS,

MySQL,

Linux,

JavaScript

15 years:

eCommerce

12 years:

WordPress

10 years:

jQuery,

Google Analytics

9 years:

MariaDB

8 years:

TypeScript,

Google Tag Manager,

Google Maps,

GitHub Actions,

Cypress

4 years:

Python,

Next.js,

Headless WordPress,

GraphQL,

Flask,

Docker,

cPanel,

Bootstrap

2 years:

Kubernetes,

GatsbyJS

1 year:

MongoDB,

Apache JMeter,

Apache Airflow,

Amazon DocumentDB

Work Experience

Amp'd Resume - Star, ID (Remote)

Founder, Software Engineer — September 2024 to present

Created open-source template repository for web and print resume themes.
Integrated AI assistance to optimize resumes for applications.

Arabesque Conservatory of Music - Los Angeles, CA (Remote)

Chief Technology Officer — July 2025 to present

Lead, manage, and oversee all technology operations across the organization and partner companies.
Implement and maintain software development standards and practices.
Develop technical project management initiatives for smooth planning, implementation and delivery.
Manage technology budgets, timelines, and vendor relationships.
Ensure high standards of data security, privacy, and compliance.
Collaborate with executive leadership to align technology initiatives with business goals.
Lead projects and mentor technology staff.
Develop, implement, and maintain Salesforce architecture, integrations, workflows, and automations to meet evolving business requirements.

The Real Deal - New York, NY (Remote)

Senior Full Stack Developer — February 2022 to August 2024

Reduced cloud costs by 10% by solving complex caching issues with images, Next.js, CloudFront and Kubernetes.
Increased confidence in deployments by instilling continuous integration workflows for repositories.
Enhanced quality and reliability by improving team development practices and code review processes.
Reduced developer onboarding time from hours to minutes with VS Code Dev Containers and improved docs.
Streamlined debugging and troubleshooting processes by enabling visibility in all layers of the stack with Sentry.
Improved stability and performance of the company website with 3+ million monthly visitors.
Increased address data accuracy to 90% by engineering a robust geocoding solution.
Fostered cross-team collaboration by developing an internal API to share secure access to data stores.
Reduced manual testing steps by containerizing automated test suites for use within GitHub Actions.
Pinpointed performance bottlenecks by configuring containerized JMeter test suites with reporting.

RRFC - Los Angeles, CA (Remote)

Lead Developer / Designer — July 2018 to February 2022

Enhanced productivity for all departments by upgrading Salesforce in partnership with vendors.
Modernized accounting workflows between learning management systems, Salesforce and QuickBooks.
Improved website performance and fixed technical SEO issues across multiple websites.
Streamlined student payments and reduced friction via customized payment portal integrated with Salesforce.
Prioritized deliverables and managed project timelines by overseeing contract work from vendors.
Ensured knowledge redundancy by training up and mentoring other developers and designers.
Increased growth and rate of deployments for new student curriculum.
Optimized funnels in Salesforce via geo-targeted tier systems and automated workflows.

Web Developer / Designer — January 2016 to July 2018

Innovated custom learning management systems to tailor the experience to a unique model of education.
Optimized websites with shared content via proprietary internal API and robust caching mechanism.
Organized development processes by utilizing version control in GitHub.

Junior Graphic Designer — January 2014 to January 2016

Digitized print curriculum and modernized the student experience with interactive eBook programming.
Improved student engagement with custom interactive web exercises (canvas, web audio).

Self-Employed / Freelance - Los Angeles, CA (Remote)

Web Designer & Developer — September 2011 to July 2018

Bridged the gap between business needs and tech solutions for clients in a variety of verticals including motorsports, legal, beauty, real estate, entertainment, places of worship, television, photography, film, audio engineering, construction, ecommerce, and education.

Education

Santa Monica College

Database Applications Developer , Department Certificate — June 2017

Web Programmer , Department Certificate — June 2016