Charl Matthee
Director Of Software Engineering at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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SeniorCharl Matthee is a seasoned systems and security-focused software leader with 14 years of experience building and operating distributed, high‑availability architectures across telecom, enterprise, and cloud environments. As a founder and CTO turned Director of Software Engineering, he combines hands‑on engineering in languages like Erlang, Go, Python and Ruby with deep expertise in infrastructure (Linux/BSD/Solaris), network management, and databases (MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Riak). He has led product and platform teams at startups and large vendors (OneConfig, Juniper, HPE), consistently translating complex operational requirements into scalable, secure systems. Known for leading by example, Charl blends strong communication and SLA-driven operational discipline with a penchant for open source and protocol-level problems such as DNS, TACACS+/RADIUS, and SNMP. He often bridges the gap between low‑level systems work and executive strategy, enabling innovation while keeping production reliability front and center.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Afrikaans
Stackoverflow
55reputation
705reached
3answers
1question
Github Skills (142)
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client-library9
emacs9
postgresql9
spacemacs9
runner9
vim9
server9
database-driver9
sequential9
mysql9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
charl/two_factor_authentication
Aug 2019 - Nov 2022
Two factor authentication extension for Devise
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 3 years 4 months
authenticationfactortwo-factorfactor-authenticationtwo-factor-authentication
charl/devise
Aug 2019 - Nov 2022
Flexible authentication solution for Rails with Warden.
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 3 months
wardenrailsrails-engineauthenticationruby
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