# Mike Carbone > Product Engineer @ Knock Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/mikecarbone Software Engineer with over 7 years of hands-on experience in full-stack development, focused on building and scaling robust web applications. Proficient in a wide range of technologies, including JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, React, Next.js, Google Cloud, SQL, and PHP, with a deep understanding of responsive web design and cutting-edge development techniques. Demonstrated expertise in designing and architecting complex, high-performance distributed web products, with a strong emphasis on exceptional user experience, component orchestration, API development, and database performance, while ensuring seamless, zero-downtime operations. Strong entrepreneurial background provides experience in managing the entire product development lifecycle, from initial architecture and design to development, implementation, and thorough testing of web applications. Renowned for the ability to clearly communicate intricate technical concepts, promoting effective collaboration across teams. Strong background in leading development teams through agile sprints, mentoring programmers, and overseeing the recruitment and onboarding of new talent. Well-versed in facilitating in-depth product discussions, performing detailed code reviews, and upholding industry best practices throughout the development process. Always open to connect — please reach out! ## Work Experience ### Product Engineer @ Knock Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States ### Founder @ Carbonology Interactive Jan 2020 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area Serves as the formal company structure for independent software ventures and freelance work. https://carbonology.in ### Founder @ Hermae Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | New York City Metropolitan Area Platform designed to accelerate engineering productivity by embedding a custom-tailored agent into frontend systems, documentation sites, and developer tools like Storybook. Through a robust data ingestion system, Hermae transforms internal knowledge—across SDK docs, design systems, and APIs—into a real-time support layer that helps engineers become productive on day one with internal design systems. ### Senior Software Engineer, Design Systems & Platform Engineering @ Newsela Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States ### Software Engineer, Design Systems & Platform Engineering @ Newsela Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States ### Adjunct Professor, User Experience & Interaction Design @ Drexel University Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Taught two sections of Advanced HTML and CSS - Rebuilt the homework submission system to utilize Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) parsing for flexible answer checking - Led a group of students to rebuild the homework system frontend using React, TypeScript and Next.js - Coordinated Vercel sponsorship for free student web hosting ### Co-Founder & CTO @ Arcade Inc. Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Built design token management software for enterprise design systems. ### Software Engineer @ RevZilla Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Led frontend accessibility overhaul to bring design system to WCAG 2.0 AA compliance - Built the Prop 65 feature to add proper warnings to affected items in our catalog for California customers - Helped migrate older Ruby on Rails application to new Elixir / Phoenix framework - Worked with PostgreSQL database - Collaborated with large team of engineers, designers and managers using Agile methodology & workflow ### Vice President @ Drexel University Virtual Reality Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Philadelphia Area Oversaw weekly meetings regarding virtual reality, augmented reality, and other immersive tech. Led the transition efforts to replace four exiting club officers in Spring 2018. Created and oversaw the development of social media accounts for the club. Increased membership by over 100 registered students in Fall 2018. Coordinated several co-sponsored events with other organizations on campus. ### Junior Front-End Developer @ Impact Six Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Philadelphia Area Utilized Laravel for PHP to build out different web apps for clients. Learned and used BEM methodology and CSS preprocessor SASS. Used Github feature branching when developing changes. Integrated dependency manager Yarn. Communicated and worked directly with several different clients to build static sites. ### Student Volunteer @ ACM SIGGRAPH Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Los Angeles Area Worked as a student volunteer at the 2017 ACM SIGGRAPH Conference in Los Angeles, CA. Our team worked to assist the thousands of guests and make the conference as enjoyable as possible for them. This required clear communication, a friendly attitude, and adaptability to effectively work with any other volunteers to accomplish our common goal. ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Software and Media Applications Drexel University Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/carbone-mike - Website: https://carbonemike.com - Website: https://twitter.com/mikecarbone - Website: https://carbonology.in --- Source: https://flows.cv/mikecarbone JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/mikecarbone/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01