Frontend that feels effortless, built for real business.
I'm Mike Shields — a software engineer with 6+ years specializing in frontend, blending technical craft with a deep understanding of user needs to drive smarter business.
- 6+
- Years
- 3
- Companies
- 2021
- Mentoring since
- WCAG
- Accessibility-first
Projects I'm proud of
A few systems that show how I balance speed, correctness, and craft.
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.
For over six years I've specialized in frontend engineering — turning complex products into interfaces people actually understand, and leading projects that pair technical innovation with a real read on user needs.
Today I lead development of Finovance's business-account dashboard, giving small and medium businesses real-time financial insight. I care about clean, accessible UI, strong coding standards, and shipping work that moves the business forward.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Company
- Finovance
- Based
- Albuquerque, NM
- Focus
- Frontend · Product
- Open to
- Freelance & roles
Experience
Software Engineer · Finovance
Lead 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), reducing care calls post-merger. Optimized performance and scalability for high-profile apps.
Software Engineer · Freelance · Custom Apps
Deliver scalable websites and apps end-to-end and build custom CMS systems tailored to client needs. Use agile to ship on deadline and respond quickly to change requests.
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.
What I work with
Languages
Frontend
Testing & Tools
Platform & Craft
Let's build something people love.
Have an ambitious product or a frontend that needs to feel effortless? I'd love to hear about it.