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)
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
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
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.
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
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