Matt Cielecki is an engineering leader and founder with a decade of experience building scalable consumer products, AI-powered features, and high-performing distributed teams. He has driven technical strategy and execution across roles from hands-on engineering to CTO and now Engineering Manager at Meta, shipping features that serve millions and optimizing cloud costs and workflows. At JibJab he led AI initiatives—launching a sub-second face-morphing product that produced millions of morphs annually—while cutting AWS storage and egress costs by half and boosting engineering efficiency through LLM-driven SDLC improvements. He founded Akorda Technical Solutions to help teams scale processes and automation, and contributes to peer CTO networks like the LA CTO Forum. Known for translating technical complexity into board-level clarity, he pairs pragmatic engineering with empathetic leadership and a musician/gamer’s creative sensibility.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bridgewater-Raritan High School
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Rutgers University
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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Matt Cielecki - Engineering Manager at LA CTO Forum