Hey, I'm Mike Elliott
Engineering leader and hands-on software architect. I build and scale data platforms, analytics, and distributed systems—most recently at Instacart, with earlier leadership and IC roles at Microsoft and Yahoo, across hypergrowth and large product organizations.
Experience
Staff Software Engineer
Individual contributor focused on infrastructure efficiency: spend analysis, budget tooling, and automated systems around the data warehouse—delivering measurable cost savings.
Snowflake · data science · analytics engineering
Director of Engineering, Data
San Francisco Bay Area
Led data engineering and data science through rapid product and company growth. Key hires, stronger engineering practices, and major upgrades to the warehouse and streaming stack.
Technical leadership · mentoring · data platforms
Principal Engineering Manager
San Francisco, CA
Stood up and grew a new data engineering team for Outlook: modern delivery practices, strong hires, and clearer KPIs for the business.
Engineering leadership · data engineering
Software Architect
San Francisco, CA
Architect and hands-on builder of pipelines, data models, and analytics for Outlook decision-making.
Software architecture · data engineering
Principal Architect
Media Experiences: architecture and delivery for highly scalable, globally distributed systems behind flagship properties—billions of monthly page views and substantial revenue.
Distributed systems · data engineering · platform architecture
Director of Engineering
Led teams operating Yahoo News, Sports, Finance, and Entertainment—100M+ users and roughly $300M in revenue across the portfolio.
Engineering leadership · product partnership
Education
Michigan Technological University
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
Master of Science, Electrical Engineering
