Summary
Matt Cole is a software engineer based in Philadelphia with eight years of experience and five years in professional roles building backend-heavy systems. He currently refines a large Django codebase at PerformLine, writes robust Pytests, and architects Airflow DAGs to streamline cross-service data flows. Previously he helped maintain Twilio’s server-side SDKs across multiple languages and built enterprise Java services using Spring at FedEx Services, giving him broad polyglot experience across Python, Java, and API design. With a Data Sciences degree from Penn State, he blends data-aware thinking into engineering decisions and has shifted much of his active work to GitHub under @mcole-pl. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and detail-oriented, often surfacing small automation wins that save significant operational effort. He’s comfortable moving between improving developer experience, production reliability, and internal tooling.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Data Sciences, Bachelor's degree, Data Sciences at Penn State University