Matt Drayer
Chief Technology Officer at Operix
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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RockstarMatt Drayer is a pragmatic technology leader and CTO based in Boston with 12+ years of hands-on experience turning thorny ideas into production software and scalable organizations. He blends strategic product and architectural thinking—shaped by decade-long work at edX/2U and Carbonite—with a restless maker’s instinct: shipping backend features, writing docs, and contributing tests to major open-source projects like Open edX. Comfortable switching between boardroom strategy and keyboard-level execution, he specializes in startups and scaleups, operationalizing SDLC improvements, automation, and tiered service models that align Product, CX, and Professional Services. A lifelong advocate of iterative learning and Lean practices, he thrives on scrappy constraints and rapid course-correction when assumptions break. Notably, his contributions span both engineering (adding entrance exams and course metadata support to Open edX) and developer-facing documentation, demonstrating an unusual mix of deep technical craft and clear communication.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (20)
api-rest10
data-service10
back-end-development10
python10
api-design10
restful-api10
django10
testing10
configuration-management10
webservice10
api-documentation10
rest-api10
backend10
documentation10
postgresql9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
openedx-unsupported/ecommerce
Apr 2016 - Jun 2020
(Deprecated) Service for managing edX's product catalog and handling orders for those products
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:46 commits, 71 PRs, 204 pushes in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the back-end of the "ecommerce" service, as shown by changes to settings, models, views, and test files. Their work included reverting changes, adding new functionalities related to site configurations, and integrating features like enrollment code redemptions and enterprise customer integrations. Furthermore, the user actively addressed bugs and improvements related to product serialization, basket management, and fulfillment processes.
djangoedxproduct-catalogbackend-servicehandling
openedx/edx-platform
Jan 2014 - Jun 2021
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:22 reviews, 613 commits, 456 PRs in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Matt contributed new features to the Open edX platform, specifically implementing entrance exams. They focused on backend development, as indicated by the code differences, which involve changes to Django apps and views, and test files. Their work included adding database fields, modifying models, and adjusting course metadata, demonstrating a focus on the core functionality of the platform. They also made acceptance tests to validate the code.
edxlmssitesbackend-serviceopen-edx
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