Matt Cotter
Software Engineer at Observe, Inc.
Evanston, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Cotter is a software engineer with 13 years of experience building reliable backend systems and databases, currently based in Evanston, Illinois and working at Observe, Inc. He brings proven low-level systems and database expertise from roles at MongoDB and Hudson River Trading, and contributed notable fixes and feature work to the widely used mongodb C++ driver (including write_concern refactors, bulk write fixes, CRL support, and find-and-modify enhancements). As a former technical lead and two-time co-founder (Constelleum Games, reQwip), he combines hands-on engineering with product-minded leadership across startups and trading environments. Comfortable across C++ and backend stacks, he’s known for pragmatic optimizations, visibility fixes, and making complex database behaviors more robust and predictable.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Morris Area High SchoolBachelor's degree Computer Science Economics, Bachelor's degree Computer Science Economics at Carleton CollegeUniversity of Minnesota-Morris
English, Chinese
Github Skills (18)
c-language10
mongodb-database10
database-driver10
cprogramming-language10
mongodb10
bson9
cpp9
mongodb-driver9
database8
c148
c-plusplus8
c178
databases8
c118
networking7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver
Oct 2015 - Nov 2015
C++ Driver for MongoDB
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:34 commits, 66 PRs, 34 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Matt primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the MongoDB C++ driver. Their contributions included refactoring the `write_concern` class, incorporating new enum options and adding methods for handling and setting the acknowledgment levels, and adding support for CRL files. They also addressed visibility issues, optimized code, and fixed issues with bulk write operations by returning the correct int values. Additionally, they added support for find and modify options.
drivernosqlc-plus-plus-17cppbson
ksuarz/monary
Jul 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:108 commits in 3 months
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