John Goddard
Director Of Product Engineering at Matroid
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Goddard is a Bay Area software engineering and product leader with nine years of experience building AI-powered web products, currently directing product engineering at Matroid in Mountain View. He blends hands-on engineering—shipping React/Redux front-ends, data APIs, and real-time visualizations—with product strategy, roadmapping, and UX design to bring computer vision capabilities to market. Previously he progressed from full-stack engineer to team lead, and earlier held product design and management roles at IXL where he owned analytics reports and drove data-informed feature decisions. His background in applied mathematics and lab research gives him a quantitative approach to product metrics and performance tuning, evident in his work optimizing Mongo queries and UI performance. Comfortable both coding and coordinating cross-functional teams, he’s known for turning complex technical constraints into pragmatic, user-focused features. Outside engineering he has a history in broadcast and research, which surfaces in strong communication and experimental rigor.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Boston College High SchoolBachelor’s Degree, Applied Mathematics - Biology, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor’s Degree, Applied Mathematics - Biology, Magna Cum Laude at Brown UniversityFull Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at App Academy
Github Skills (44)
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javascript9
javascript-client9
html5-audio9
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mse9
html5-video9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
matroid/matroid-node
Oct 2018 - Jun 2021
Node.js bindings for Matroid API
Contributions:5 releases, 12 reviews, 13 commits in 2 years 8 months
apimatroidnode-jsnodejsjs-bindings
matroid/keystone-email
Apr 2018 - Apr 2022
Email helper for KeystoneJS Apps
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 1 month
knockoutjavascriptemailknockoutjskeystonejs
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