Michael Sousa
Software Engineer
About Me
Hello! I'm Michael Sousa, a passionate Software Engineer based in Orlando, FL. I love building robust digital experiences, optimizing architectures, and diving deep into open-source.
Experience
2026Play-Solana - Software Engineering Fellowship (via MLH)
- Restructured developer architecture to support web-based games, establishing integration frameworks for PSG1, PlayGate, PlayVerse, and MCP protocols.
- Deployed and stress-tested sample games using the Unity SDK and MCP framework, authoring documentation to streamline developer onboarding.
- Audited repositories and production apps, shipping frontend optimizations and resolving critical console errors via GitHub PRs.
2026MagicBlock - Software Engineering Fellowship (via MLH)
- Optimized core SDK performance, reducing onboarding setup time by 30% and improving API response times via open-source contributions.
- Developed a Telegram bot using the MagicBlock SDK to validate Ephemeral Rollups, achieving <50ms transaction latency for 1,000+ concurrent users.
- Collaborated with DevRel stakeholders to resolve developer friction points, refining open-source repositories and technical documentation.
2025Meta - Production Engineering Fellowship (via MLH)
- Collaborated with engineers on projects, supplemented with events / workshops hosted by industry experts.
- Created an open-source web-app using Python, Flask, Jinja, MySQL, Nginx, and unittests.
- Automated testing and deployment workflows using CI/CD on Linux environments.
- Set up system and container monitoring, alerting, and visualization using Prometheus and Grafana.
Education
2026MS, Software Engineering (DevOps Track) - Western Governors University
2024BA, Computer Science - Florida State University
Skills
Programming Languages: Python, Go, Rust, JavaScript, SQL, Bash
Web Frameworks & Frontend: Flask, HTML/CSS, Jinja, NextJS, TailwindCSS
Infrastructure & Production Support: Docker, AWS, GCP, Nginx, MySQL, Prometheus, Grafana
Practices: Agile Methodology, CI/CD Release Processes, System Architecture, DevOps
Languages Spoken: English (Native), Spanish (Proficient)
Certificates
Github Foundations, Hackerrank Go (Intermediate), Python Programmer (PCEP), Datacamp Data Engineer