Matt English
Solutions Architect at REI
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt English is a Solutions Architect with 12 years of experience designing and delivering web-scale systems, currently shaping cross-team architecture at REI. He blends hands-on engineering roots in JavaScript, Java, and cloud-native tooling with a knack for translating product information needs into resilient microservice designs, especially around PIMs and product onboarding. Matt has progressed from building front-end experiences and RESTful services to leading teams and presenting solution diagrams to executives, bringing both tactical delivery and strategic direction. His background includes leading engineering efforts at lululemon and multiple senior roles at REI, giving him deep domain knowledge of retail systems and high-traffic e-commerce. Known for mentoring engineers and enforcing pragmatic engineering practices, he balances stability, budget, and velocity when making technical tradeoffs. Based in the Greater Seattle area, he combines an early curiosity about how computers work with practical experience turning complex requirements into maintainable systems.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Washington Tacoma
English
Github Skills (20)
digital-design10
aws8
modular7
terraform7
design-patterns7
react7
datepicker6
terraform-provider6
vue5
terraform-module4
vue-datepicker3
command-line-interface2
javascript2
cli2
sublime1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
megafatsquirrel/Blank-Project-Web-App
Mar 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
pointjavascriptstarting-point
jpmckown/eaten-by-a-grue
Sep 2018 - Sep 2022
You were eaten by a grue.
Contributions:29 commits, 10 PRs, 24 pushes in 4 years 1 month
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