Michael Becker

Tech Lead / Software Engineer

• Lead an 8-person engineering team, owning architecture, solution design, and engineering standards across projects.
• Designed new solutions end-to-end and stayed involved through implementation as a hands-on back-end contributor.
• Defined team processes and development best practices to drive code quality and delivery consistency.
• Maintained the project documentation wiki to support onboarding and knowledge sharing.
• Migrated deployment workflow from feature branches + manual QA to trunk-based CI/CD with automated tests, enabling multiple daily releases.
• Adapted initial codebase with internal framework to be used on a modern architecture with minimal coupling, and led the team through the transition process.
• AI-assisted development (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) — defining team-wide practices for effective use and embedding them into the development workflow.

Technical Lead / Software Engineer

• Promoted to Technical Lead within 4 months of joining the Core Team.
• Adapted internal framework to be used on a modern architecture with DDD, CQRS, and Clean Architecture.
• Designed and implemented an integrated automated-testing solution for the team.

Team Lead / Software Engineer

• Promoted to Team Lead within 4 months.
• Built event-driven microservices on Azure (Functions, Service Bus, Storage Queues, non-relational storage).
• Lead 3 core services and owned feature design and delivery for them.
• Implemented projects with Infrastructure as Code and fully automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Owned feature design and delivery with DDD, Clean Architecture and tests with 99% code coverage.

Systems Specialist

• Designed and developed Protheus ERP customizations (ADVPL) for finance, purchasing, and billing modules.
• Built automated billing and consignment workflows; tuned MSSQL queries for performance.
• Owned inventory/logistics integrations, version updates, and tax-compliance routines.

Senior Systems Analyst

• Delivered on-site Protheus ERP customizations for several client companies.
• Led multiple Protheus version-migration projects end-to-end.
• Introduced on several clients ERP development best practices, source control, and an internal approvals.

Systems Analyst

• Customized Protheus ERP modules (finance, purchasing, billing) in ADVPL.
• Automated billing and consignment processes; optimized MSSQL queries.
• Maintained logistics and tax-compliance integrations.

Systems Analyst

• Customized the Protheus PLS (health-insurance) module in ADVPL.
• Built Oracle-based management reports for operational decision-making.
• Administered Linux servers and developed the corporate intranet (PHP, Drupal, MySQL).
• Deployed and customized the GLPI ticketing system (PHP, MySQL).

Computer Technician

• Repaired and configured PC and Apple laptops in a high-volume workshop.
• Promoted to lab manager within 3 months, leading a team of 4 technicians.
• Handled English-speaking client communication for diagnostics, quotes, and pickups.

Developer

• Contributed to early-stage product development at a startup.
• Built an ERP financial module and an end-to-end auctioneer management system with an online bidding site.
• Tech: xHarbour (Clipper), Java Servlets, iReport, PostgreSQL.

Support Analyst

• Co-managed the support team and the company hardware fleet.
• Trained users on Linux and Windows environments.
• Developed internal systems in xHarbour (Clipper) with PostgreSQL; administered Linux/Windows servers.