Atlanta, GA

Software Developer

I build geometry-heavy .NET systems and the tooling around them. Four years at Paragon Component Systems turning raw IFC building data into models people can actually use.

• +12years writing Python
• 124pull requests in production
• 50pull requests reviewed

Toolbox

What I work with

• Languages

  • Python
  • C#
  • TypeScript
  • Java
  • JavaScript

• Frameworks & tools

  • .NET
  • React
  • Redux
  • Git
  • Linux

• Cloud

  • AWS
  • Cloud computing

• Beyond code

  • Leadership
  • Customer service

Projects

Recent projects

• IL

  ifc-lint

  CLI that validates and auto-repairs malformed IFC geometry before import.

  • C#
  • .NET 8
• SH

  shiftly

  Shift scheduling and daily sales reporting for small restaurants.

  • Python
  • AWS Lambda
  • React
• MP

  michaelpitts.net

  This site: a hand-built static page with no framework that loads in well under 100 ms.

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • nginx

Experience

Where I've worked

1. Software Developer

   Aug 2024 – Oct 2026 · Paragon Component Systems · Remote

   Owned the Layout drawing-output system and the platform's truss file-format parsers.

   • Owned the Layout drawing-output system, delivering DXF and PDF exports with layering, bearing hatching, dimensions, per-level downloads, and underlay import across 28 pull requests over 14 consecutive months
   • Modernized the parsing of three industry truss file formats (TRE, tdlTruss, DDP) and built internal Blazor and console applications to validate engineering results
   • Merged 42 pull requests in 2026, 4.3% of everything shipped to the platform that year
   • C#
   • .NET
   • Blazor
   • TypeScript
   • React
   • PostgreSQL

2. Team Lead

   Apr 2024 – Aug 2024 · Paragon Component Systems · Remote

   Led a team of four through a product launch while continuing to ship.

   • Prioritized and estimated hundreds of User Stories
   • Coordinated a team of 4 to implement high-priority development tasks ahead of a product launch
   • Revolutionized the prediction and presentation of User Stories, developing a novel approach, which was organically adopted by other Team Leads
   • C#
   • .NET
   • TypeScript
   • React

3. Software Developer

   Feb 2023 – Apr 2024 · Paragon Component Systems · Remote

   Built the platform's IFC (BIM) import and export pipeline from scratch.

   • Developed the virtual reconstruction of buildings from parsed Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) files using .NET and C#
   • Overcame technical challenges arising from the processing of Polyhedrons found within IFC files to form contiguous roof solids
   • Reversed the reconstruction algorithm to implement the reexport of virtual buildings with their trusses back to IFC files
   • C#
   • .NET
   • PostgreSQL
   • TypeScript
   • React

4. Intern Software Developer

   Nov 2022 – Feb 2023 · Paragon Component Systems · Remote

   Started the IFC parser that became the import pipeline.

   • Implemented the parsing of IFC files using .NET and C#
   • Collaborated with team members through the use of pull requests to ensure all code written met company standards for reliability and efficiency
   • Maintained high performance despite a virtual work environment
   • C#
   • .NET

5. Junior Account Manager

   Sep 2022 – Oct 2022 · ABC Consultants Group · Atlanta, GA

   Outside sales for an Atlanta consulting group.

   • Attained and reliably put into practice effective sales tactics, resulting in top-quartile performance
   • Sales

6. Manager

   Nov 2021 – Jun 2022 · Chick-fil-A · Albany, GA

   Ran shifts and automated the back office.

   • Automated the daily sales report using Python and AWS, saving over $1,000 per year in labor
   • Implemented accountability policies to improve overall order accuracy from 94% to 97%
   • Accurately placed over $100,000 in daily supply orders
   • Python
   • AWS
   • Leadership

7. Team Member to Assistant Manager

   Aug 2020 – Nov 2021 · Chick-fil-A · Albany, GA

   Worked up from Team Member to Assistant Manager in fifteen months.

   • Developed Team Members through coaching and progressive disciplinary action
   • Improved evening team order accuracy from 94% to 100% and attentiveness and courteousness from 74% to 82% through growing fellow leaders and coaching Team Members
   • Counted and deposited over $50,000 in cash without incident
   • Leadership
   • Coaching

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Jun 2022 – Dec 2026 (expected) · B.S. in Computer Science

Let's work together

Open to full-time roles and interesting problems. Email is the fastest way to reach me.