Michael Quinlan

Core contributor with 12,270+ commits building a gig marketplace into a comprehensive workforce management platform. Architected the Elixir/Phoenix backend API and Relay-compliant GraphQL layer powering web and mobile applications. Built critical systems including engagement state machines with database locking, W2 workforce product with Ascen EOR integration, smart hire lottery system, and billing/payments with Stripe. Drove PostgreSQL query optimization and Elasticsearch indexing for high-performance search. Integrated external services including Checkr, PandaDoc, and Branch. Managed infrastructure with Terraform and Kubernetes, implementing Oban Pro for distributed job processing.

Supporting a team of steadily growing legal and administrative staff with the proper equipment and software required to succeed at work. Manage cloud services and user accounts. Ensuring data security requirements are met to keep confidential information in the right hands. Deploy and maintain internal tooling for KPI and revenue growth monitoring as well as complex workflow tools to track and qualify incoming marketing leads. Making marketing decisions based on the ROI of current marketing campaigns. Working closely with website designers to optimize web presence. Maintaining E-Mail compliance (DKIM/SPF/DMARC).

Designed and operate a production-grade Kubernetes homelab using GitOps principles with ArgoCD. Implemented Cilium CNI with BGP peering for advanced networking and migrated ingress from Traefik to Envoy Gateway. Built robust PostgreSQL infrastructure with CloudNative-PG featuring logical replication, automated failover, and PgBouncer connection pooling. Deployed comprehensive monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and the Elastic stack. Manage identity services with Authentik (OIDC), certificate automation via Cert-Manager, and secrets management with External Secrets Operator. Operate 30+ self-hosted services including Home Assistant, Plex media stack, and home automation with Zigbee2MQTT and Node-RED.