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Michael Cohen
Hello, World!
I'm a software developer based out of Brooklyn, NY. Short blurbs are not my specialty. Reach out and let's become friends if you want to find out more about me.Work Experience
Aug 2024 - Present
AAnthropic
API Team
Member of Technical StaffAug 2024 - Present
Just started!
Jun 2021 - Dec 2023
OSOpenSea
Creator Team
Engineering ManagerAug 2022 - Dec 2023
• Bootstrapped and directly managed 6 engineers (FS + BE) focused on building products and tools for creators.
• Led a team of 4 engineers in the development of Primary Drops, a 0 → 1 NFT creation platform with over $25M+ GMV and $2M+ revenue to date, grew from 0% to ~15% market share.
• Shipped OpenSea Studio, a one-stop shop, no-code solution for creators to build & manage their NFT projects from scratch, with over 12 million NFTs created across 25K collections to date on the platform.
• Shipped new collection pages, rich storytelling for creators through a feature rich page editor.
• Collaborated with high-profile marquee partners (Nike, Puma, Adidas, Haas, Hugo Boss) to launch their NFT projects.
• Served as team’s TL and set the technical direction, authored/reviewed engineering RFCs, and set up operational processes and standards.
• Worked cross functionally with BD, marketing, ops, legal, and finance on partnerships, deal negotiations, and product launches.
Platform Team
Senior Software EngineerJun 2021 - Aug 2022
• Drove critical enhancements in OpenSea's platform during a period of hyperscale, significantly contributing to its GMV growth, which currently sits at $35 billion.
• Led the scaling, migration, and documentation rewrite of the public REST API, introduced a new Elixir-based stream API, and integrated advanced queuing systems for robust scalability.
• Implemented spam detection for blockchain NFT mints and facilitated the integration of the Solana blockchain into the marketplace, broadening platform capabilities while increasing the stability of our infrastructure.
May 2017 - Jun 2021
AAmazon
Amazon Live: FireTV
Software EngineerJun 2020 - Jun 2021
• Lead the Amazon Live FireTV team as its frontend lead. Oversaw the complete redesign of the existing Amazon Shopping app on FireTV to transform it to a livestream-centric experience.
• Upgraded the existing Android / FireTV app to use modern Android architecture and features. This vastly improved the performance of the app with decreased load time and a smoother UX.
• Introduced key livestream viewing features to FireTV users that include a chat sidebar and an improved product carousel.
Amazon Live: Creator
Software EngineerSep 2018 - Jun 2020
• Served as a Fullstack Engineer for Amazon Live, Amazon's shoppable livestreaming platform. Developed features for the iOS Creator app, across the data layer, APIs, and the front-end. This tool enables our creators to livestream to the Amazon Live platform.
• Designed and executed Influencer login for the creator app. This allowed Influencers to earn commissions on their livestreams and rise through tiering levels within Amazon Live. This gamification gave Influencers the ability to boost sales and increased the creator count in our program from under 2K to over 15K.
AWS Elastic Block Store
Software EngineerMar 2018 - Sep 2018
• Oversaw operations for the API services of AWS Backup Service (ABS), a highly scaled distributed system with $2.9 billion in revenue in 2017
• Facilitated the development of Data Lifecycle Manager for ABS: a new product that allows customers to automate the process of backing up data stored on EBS volumes by creating policies based on AWS tags
Prime Pantry
Software Engineering InternMay 2017 - Aug 2017
• Designed and implemented a web tool for the Prime Pantry team
• Reconstructed the mapping-update process between customers and Amazon fulfillment centers, reducing the execution time from days to minutes.
May 2016 - Aug 2016
IBMIBM
Watson Research
Software Engineering InternMay 2016 - Aug 2016
• Developed a highly concurrent DRAM memory and memory controller simulator used as part of an ongoing project with the Department of Energy.
• Researched performance and modeling errors for existing open-source memory simulators.
May 2015 - Aug 2015
NNielsen
Open API Platform
Software Engineering InternMay 2015 - Aug 2015
• Assisted in developing the API platform for Nielsen’s data resources by implementing two unique APIs for the Nielsen Open API Platform.
• Created profit-producing partnerships for Nielsen through the development of web-apps, which showcased the usage of Nielsen APIs.