Mat Bentley
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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SeniorMat Bentley is a Lead Java Developer in Columbus, Ohio with 15 years of experience building scalable backend systems, analytics pipelines, and responsive front-end applications across Java, .NET, Ruby, Python, and Perl. He blends strong big-data and SQL/dataframe expertise with practical AI, DevOps, and CI/CD practices to deliver production-ready systems for enterprise and public-sector clients. Mat has held progressive technical leadership roles at Nationwide, Northwoods, Beam Benefits, and now G2O, often owning Hadoop-backed data platforms and responsive Angular front ends. He is hands-on in test-driven development and refactoring, exemplified by contributions to a Java TDD Koans project that improved learnability and testability. Known for turning complex record-keeping and analytics requirements into auditable, maintainable implementations, he’s comfortable moving between architecture, coding, and operationalizing systems in the cloud. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic tech lead who mentors teams while still shipping high-quality code.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (6)
javas10
java10
testing10
object-oriented-programming9
refactoring9
unit-testing9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
matyb/java-koans
Jan 2011 - Jul 2019
A framework and lessons to learn java syntax and idioms in a logical sequence.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:304 commits, 39 PRs, 63 pushes in 8 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Mat primarily focused on refactoring and improving the Java TDD Koans, which are designed to teach Java syntax and idioms. Their commits show modifications to the main runner class, making it testable. Further modifications include updates to existing tests and integration of new test cases, including the addition of about objects, arrays, and mocks.
java
Vaysman/java-koans
Dec 2013 - Jan 2014
Contributions:27 commits in 1 month
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