AI & Innovation
AI-enabled product development, engineering automation, and enterprise AI adoption with human accountability.
Explore AI work →Architecture · Governance · Engineering leadership
Michael B. Carey
Sr. Software Architect (Portfolio Architect)
I turn product goals into reliable software through hands-on engineering, architecture, and team leadership.
My foundation spans quality assurance, software development, and engineering management. Today, I guide portfolio architecture, enterprise governance, and practical modernization.
How I work
Maintainable systems. Clear decisions. Strong teams.
I prioritize maintainability, correctness, and delivery speed—in that order. Clear domain boundaries, explicit contracts, incremental modernization, and early stakeholder alignment help teams make decisions they can sustain.
Read my architecture and governance approach →Professional practice
Strategy grounded in delivery
Engineering & QA
Software delivery, automation, cloud services, and quality engineering built on hands-on technical experience.
Explore engineering →Leadership
Guided autonomy, mentoring, transparent communication, and collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
Explore leadership →Evidence in practice
Selected work
I was the primary developer of a QA automation framework and authored enterprise QA modernization strategies bringing together repository-owned testing, shared QA platform capabilities, end-to-end validation, and objective release governance. Read the quality engineering work.
I created C#/.NET and Node.js/React starter template projects and implemented internal-system, Zendesk, and API integrations and services. Read the software delivery work.
Experience beyond a single role
My career, independent projects, education, entrepreneurship, and community interests shape how I approach technology and leadership.