John Micah Miguel

Senior Product Engineer · Backend & Infrastructure Architect

10+ years building backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and full-stack products. Most of my recent work sits at the intersection of product engineering and infrastructure: owning features end-to-end from schema design through deployment. I have also led teams and managed client engagements directly, so I can move between writing code and running a project without losing context on either side.

Technical Skills

Core: Backend Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Full-Stack Development, Agentic AI
Technologies: Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript, React, Python, Prisma, Mongoose, SST, AWS, GCP

Professional Experience

Akylade

Florida, United States (Remote)

Oct 2024 – Present

Senior Product Engineer

  • Own two SaaS products end-to-end across the full stack: frontend, backend, infrastructure, billing, and third-party integrations.
  • Deliver features across multiple subscription tiers with security and compliance requirements at the core.
  • Build internal AI automation tooling to reduce manual operational overhead across the business.

MetaverseGo

Dec 2022 – Jan 2026

IT Manager

  • Owned the backend API and cloud infrastructure for a Web3 SocialFi platform that scaled to over a million users.
  • Drove significant reductions in infrastructure and third-party costs through targeted performance and architecture optimizations.
  • Secured financial and transaction endpoints against abuse through a combination of edge-layer filtering and application-level safeguards.

Sidekick Digital

Jun 2017 – Sep 2021

Technical Lead

  • Lead architect for Housing Hand, the UK's leading rental guarantor service.
  • Built a GDPR-compliant backend handling sensitive applicant data with multi-party approval workflows.
  • Integrated external credit and identity verification providers into the core user verification pipeline.

AppVenture Inc.

Nov 2014 – Nov 2022

Technical Team Lead

  • Led a technical team delivering mobile and web projects across multiple concurrent client engagements.
  • Managed the full project lifecycle end-to-end: requirements, scoping, delivery, and post-launch support.
  • Handled client-facing responsibilities including bidding, contracts, and stakeholder communication alongside technical work.

Smartwave Studios

May 2012 – Apr 2014

API Developer

  • Built early-stage RESTful APIs and backend services as part of a small product team.
  • Researched and evaluated new frameworks and tools, building proof-of-concept implementations before committing to adoption.

Education

Mapua Malayan Colleges Laguna

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

2008 – 2012