Michael J. Amore

Senior Software Engineer

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Senior Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience building web and mobile applications. Strong background in front end development, back end development, database management, API design, automated testing, build pipelines, infrastructure as code, and cloud services.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer · Cox Automotive - KBB & Autotrader

2018 - Present

Irvine, CA

Lead developer for several lead generation products, serving millions of automotive customers across North America.

  • Integrate with dozens of internal and external APIs to build seamless user experiences
  • Design and development lead generation systems to connect consumers with car dealers
  • Led migration effort on multiple codebases to AWS, improving scalability and reliability
  • Hired and mentored 10 junior and mid-level developers, fostering a collaborative team environment

Senior UI Engineer · Cox Automotive - Dealer.com

2012 - 2018

Dallas, TX

Developed highly customizable website templates and reusable components across the dealer.com platform.

  • Built 20+ client projects using React, Vue.js, and Next.js
  • Responsible for OEM API integrations to ensure consistent look and feel across brand websites
  • Created reusable component libraries reducing development time by 30%
  • Collaborated with designers to create pixel-perfect implementations
  • Built automated regression test suites using Cypress and Jest to ensure application stability

IT Specialist · Scarbrough, Medlin & Associates

2010 - 2012

Frisco, TX

In-house IT specialist supporting staff and maintaining IT infrastructure.

  • Built web portal for clients to access and download critical documents
  • Responsible for all IT-related issues and maintenance tasks
  • Managed network infrastructure and ensured data security

Skills

Front End

HTMLCSSJavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsTailwind CSS

Back End

Node.jsC#Python

Database

SQLPostgreSQLSupabaseAWS RDSAWS DynamoDB

Testing

CypressPlaywrightPostmanJestVitest

DevOps

GitHub ActionsSplunkNew RelicPagerDuty

AWS

ec2Elastic BeanstalkLambdaRDSs3Route 53API GatewayCloudWatchCloudFormationIAMSNSSQSCodeBuild

Education

Business Computer Information Systems

2009 - 2012

University of North Texas · Denton, TX

Focused on custom software development, database management, and IT infrastructure to support business operations.

Awards

Hackathon Winner - Best Overall

2022

Cox Automotive - KBB

Demonstrated how we could use our proprietary automotive industry data to build a consumer-facing experience on kbb.com for users to determine the fair market value for vehicle repair and maintenance.

Hackathon Winner - Best Overall

2017

Cox Automotive - Dealer.com

Built a bot detection system to more efficiently serve different experiences to humans vs. bots Saved $50K/mo in expense from Akamai.

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Associate

AWS Training and Certification

2023

AWS Certified Developer - Associate

AWS Training and Certification

2023