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I'm Mike Shields — a full-stack engineer with 9+ years in React and Next.js, focused on shipping complete applications, not isolated components.
- Full-Stack
- Frontend-focused
- Remote
- Albuquerque, NM
- Shipping
- Since 2016
Projects I'm proud of
A few systems that show how I balance speed, correctness, and craft.
Skin Anarchy
A public-facing platform for the Skin Anarchy skincare brand — unifying editorial, podcast episodes, curated product picks, and member accounts.
Skin Anarchy Admin
The internal CMS and analytics back office powering Skin Anarchy — giving non-technical staff full control over content, products, and reporting.
EatAi
An AI tool that builds personalized nutrition plans for gym owners, trainers, and their clients.
Finovance Dashboard
A business-account dashboard giving small and medium businesses real-time financial and revenue insight.
T-Mobile Onboarding
Customer-facing onboarding that helped Sprint customers transition to T-Mobile and cut care calls.
Custom Apps & CMS
End-to-end websites and bespoke CMS platforms built for clients, from concept to deployment.
I'm a full-stack engineer with 9+ years in React and Next.js, focused on shipping complete applications rather than isolated components — comfortable owning a build from architecture through accessibility and long-term maintenance.
Most recently I built a content and analytics platform for a skincare media brand, covering both the public site and the internal CMS its staff runs day to day. Before that, four-plus years on fintech dashboards where GDPR and CCPA compliance wasn't optional.
- Role
- Full-Stack Engineer
- Recent
- Sagebrush Church
- Based
- Albuquerque, NM
- Focus
- Full-stack · React/Next
- Open to
- Freelance & roles
Experience
Full Stack Software Engineer · Sagebrush Church
Led modernization of legacy web apps onto Next.js with NextAuth, owning end-to-end rebuilds that improved load times by eliminating render-blocking calls and optimizing media delivery, and rebuilt to WCAG accessibility standards architected to scale without rework.
Software Engineer · Finovance
Led development of Finovance's SMB financial dashboard (Vite, React, Node, PostgreSQL) and the main site in React. Built OAuth/JWT security for GDPR/CCPA compliance and established coding standards across projects.
Software Engineer · T-Mobile
Contracted to build customer-facing onboarding at t-mobile.com/support (Vue.js, TypeScript, PHP/Laravel, AWS, GitLab CI/CD), guiding migrating Sprint customers through account setup and billing changes post-merger. Optimized performance and scalability for high-profile apps.
Software Engineer · Freelance · CodingShields LLC
Deliver full production platforms for client brands end-to-end — including Skin Anarchy's public site and CMS/analytics dashboard — plus custom content systems tailored to each client. Use agile to ship on deadline and respond quickly to change.
Chapter Co-Lead · Codecademy
Run live demos, workshops, tutoring, and mentoring for engineers and students learning JavaScript, React, Next.js, Node, and AWS/serverless. Hackathon runner-up with Team Xcessibility.