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Mike Bates

Full stack engineer, Vancouver. This site is a terminal: type a command, or click one.

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Mike Bates · Senior / Principal Software Engineer. Full-stack, Cloud, AI-assisted delivery

Principal engineer with 25+ years designing, building and running production software, from founding-engineer platforms to team-scale delivery. Currently Lead Backend Engineer on Ocean Wise's Whale Report platform and a senior engineer on a clinical React Native platform, through the Bates Solutions consultancy. Ships multi-tenant SaaS end to end on AWS and Azure with Terraform, and has standardised AI-assisted development for a whole engineering team.

  • Mar 2026 to nowJB Karting
  • Dec 2025 to Feb 2026FirstPoint Energy
  • Dec 2025 to nowWell-Plated
  • Sep 2025 to nowOcean Wise
  • Mar 2025 to nowZeepler
  • Dec 2025 to nowgetMickled
  • 2019 to nowMandi's Mickles
  • 2013 to nowBates Solutions
  • 2013 to 2024Casechek
  • 2009 to 2024OpsKwan
  • 2000 to 2009Earlier roles

resume.pdf ↓ (two pages, the full detail)

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