Finley Matthews is a Senior Software Engineer based in Philadelphia with five years of hands-on experience building production software at Hippo Insurance, where he progressed from Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer. He blends an economics background from the University of Pennsylvania with Fullstack Academy training, enabling him to pair data-driven product thinking with practical full-stack development. Prior roles at AlphaSights and in city policy and community evaluation work give him uncommon experience translating stakeholder needs into measurable technical outcomes. At Hippo he has experience iterating across multiple engineering levels within the same company, suggesting strong institutional knowledge and cross-functional influence. He maintains a work-focused GitHub presence (finley-matthews-hippo), signaling disciplined professional contributions even if not public-facing. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic engineer who moves quickly from strategy to shipping reliable features.
5 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
The Roxbury Latin School
Fullstack Academy
Bachelor's Degree Economics, Bachelor's Degree Economics at University of Pennsylvania
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Finley Matthews - Senior Software Engineer at Hippo Insurance