Michael Drotar
Senior Software Engineer at Root Inc.
Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Drotar is a Senior Software Engineer with 15 years of experience building reliable, user-focused web platforms and leading high-performing front-end teams. He has driven measurable growth—helping Flowcode increase MRR for a year and add 20k paying customers—by shifting business logic to the backend, improving testability, and instituting clearer agile practices. Known for mentoring and direct-but-kind communication, he builds sustainable processes and teams that remain stable under changing product demands, from e-commerce pivots at Radial to rapid COVID-era scaling at VisitDays. His engineering philosophy emphasizes practical accessibility, healthy code beyond coverage metrics, and metrics that matter, which has repeatedly improved predictability and quality. Based in Pennsylvania, he combines hands-on implementation with strategic groundwork so projects survive the inevitable bumps in the road.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's, Software Engineering, Bachelor's, Software Engineering at University of Advancing Technology
Github Skills (52)
javascript10
bootstrap10
css10
sass10
html10
mobile-first9
javascript-framework8
vue8
beautifier7
hook7
typescript7
jsdoc7
react6
emberjs6
api6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
michaeldrotar/michaeldrotar.com
Jun 2016 - Jul 2024
My website
Contributions:14 PRs, 156 pushes, 26 branches in 8 years 1 month
react
michaeldrotar/Better-Cupid
Jun 2011 - May 2015
Contributions:144 commits, 33 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years
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