Matt Buckley
Founder, Lead Developer (React Native, Next.js)
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolMatt Buckley is a founder and lead developer with 13 years of experience building mobile-first products across iOS, Android, and React Native, and he currently runs Small Dev Shop from Austin. He blends hands-on app development (React Native, Next.js) with entrepreneurial product delivery, having shipped apps for clients and authored the iOS library BentoBlox. His open-source contributions include substantive iOS work on the privacy-focused COVID Safe Paths project, showing attention to exposure-notification flows, background tasks, and data privacy. A former Fulbright Scholar in the UAE, Matt brings global perspective and communication skills to technical leadership. He is comfortable moving between native and cross-platform stacks and turning complex mobile requirements into polished, production-ready experiences.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Deerfield AcademyBA, BA at Columbia University
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Github Skills (8)
swift10
ios10
exposure-notification10
realm9
api9
apim9
user-interface8
objective-c4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Path-Check/safeplaces-dct-app
May 2020 - Jul 2020
COVID Safe Paths (based on Private Kit) is an open and privacy preserving system to use personal information to battle COVID
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:124 commits, 121 PRs, 424 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily focused on developing the iOS mobile application for COVID Safe Paths. They made substantial changes to the UI, incorporating new debug menus, updating exposure notification permissions, and improving the exposure history. The commits demonstrate a focus on API client implementation, realm integration, and refactoring the codebase to align with best practices. Their work included implementing background tasks, addressing key file processing limits, and fixing compilation errors, with an emphasis on building out the Exposure Notifications features.
privacybattlepathspersonal-informationpersonal-use
Rightpoint/Shift
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:1 release, 52 commits, 10 PRs in 1 month
animationcontrollerswiftioscustom-ios
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