Mick Ryan

Staff Software Engineer building secure, scalable web experiences for millions of users. Currently at Box, working remotely from Atlanta, GA.

Experience

Staff Software Engineer

Aug 2024 - Present

Box

Technical lead for the Core Experiences Web team, driving innovation across frontend architecture and backend-for-frontend services.

  • • Leading technical strategy for critical user-facing experiences
  • • Evolving web architecture with new technologies and best practices
  • • Championing secure-by-design and quality-first engineering
  • • Mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of craftsmanship

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2021 - Aug 2024

Box

  • • Full-stack development on core web application
  • • React, PHP, Node.js, TypeScript, Kubernetes

Co-Founder

Apr 2015 - Present

Keto Karma Inc.

Designed, developed, and maintained the platform using WordPress, MySQL, Vue.js, and modern web technologies.

  • • Architected migration to AWS with zero downtime
  • • Created top-ranked keto macro calculator (3+ years on Google)
  • • Built CI/CD pipelines with Docker, GitHub Actions
  • • Led SEO strategy driving organic traffic growth

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2019 - Jul 2020

Box

Maintained and enhanced core open-source JavaScript library powering Box.com's content experience.

  • • ZIP file preview support
  • • Modular annotations framework
  • • DICOM viewer stability and performance

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

MyFitnessPal

Led frontend development for key web redesign initiatives on a high-traffic platform.

  • • Architected new Food Details page with reusable components
  • • Migrated to CSS-in-JS with Material UI in SSR React
  • • Drove Lighthouse score improvements and performance optimization
  • • Implemented WCAG accessibility and SEO best practices

Staff Software Engineer

Jul 2016 - Jun 2018

MZ (Satori)

Built and scaled the Satori Live Data Platform using React and Redux.

  • • Architected core applications for real-time data channels
  • • Created modular UI components distributed via NPM
  • • Integrated Google Maps for live asset tracking
  • • Built real-time visualizations with D3.js
  • • Led web and React Native engineering teams
  • • Granted patents: US 20180248977, US 20180197418

Sr. Front-End Software Engineer

Jun 2014 - Jul 2016

BigCommerce

Core team member creating the Stencil theme framework.

  • • Created new base theme using ES2015 modules
  • • Built APIs in PHP and consumed them in Node.js
  • • Open-sourced CLI tools for theme development
  • • Built control panel features with Angular

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2012 - Jun 2014

Visa

Platform Applications team focused on build and release.

  • • Created Rails app for code tracking and deployment
  • • Led SVN to Git migration, trained 100+ engineers
  • • Migrated Jenkins to Bamboo for CI/CD
  • • Managed multi-node Jenkins for 10+ teams

Skills

Languages

TypeScript JavaScript PHP Python Ruby SQL

Frontend

React React Native Vue.js D3.js Tailwind CSS

Backend

Node.js Rails Laravel Kubernetes AWS

AI/ML

RAG LLMs Multi-agent Systems

Projects

Patents

Innovations in real-time data and geospatial tracking.

US 20180248977 US 20180197418