Jacob Matson
Developer Advocate
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Matson is a Developer Advocate in Seattle with a decade of cross-industry experience blending finance, operations, and technology across CPG, entertainment, and startups. He has progressed from accounting roles into strategic finance and digital transformation leadership—most recently serving as VP of Finance & Operations—before moving into developer advocacy at a data-focused startup. Jacob’s background in accounting and computer science gives him a rare combination of fiscal rigor and technical fluency, enabling him to translate complex product and financial requirements into developer-friendly stories. He excels at wearing many hats: building systems, streamlining operations, and evangelizing technical products to diverse audiences. Colleagues describe him as the kind of practitioner who bridges spreadsheets and engineering workflows to drive practical, auditable outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BA Accounting Computer Science, BA Accounting Computer Science at Point Loma Nazarene University
Github Skills (93)
code-behind10
duckdb10
monte-carlo10
data-analytics10
superset10
sql10
transformation10
meltano10
adapter10
simulation10
dbt10
dataops9
database9
python9
data-warehouse9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
matsonj/nba-monte-carlo
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Monte Carlo simulation of the NBA season, leveraging dbt, duckdb and evidence.dev
Contributions:5 reviews, 593 commits, 214 PRs in 3 months
data-analyticsduckdbleveragingmeltanosimulation
matsonj/nba-box-scores
Dec 2024 - Mar 2025
nba box score generator
Contributions:17 PRs, 83 pushes, 16 branches in 2 months
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