Matt Ferrante
Founder & Chief at Marketplace Ad Pros
Park City, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolMatt Ferrante is a founder and hands-on software leader with 13 years of experience building AI-driven SaaS, automation platforms, and developer tooling from Park City, Utah. He runs multiple companies—including PyroPrompts, FreqSignals and Marketplace Ad Pros—focused on AI agents, trading signal automation, and Amazon seller tooling, and combines product-led engineering with go-to-market ownership. Previously a tech lead and staff engineer, he shipped analytics, ETL and serverless systems at scale while migrating legacy analytical backends to SQLAlchemy-powered platforms. An active open-source contributor and QA/test automation engineer, he improved test coverage for the popular freqtrade crypto trading bot. Known for turning data and LLMs into reliable, asynchronous automation, he builds systems that "run while you sleep" and bridge research to production. He holds a BS in Computer Science (cum laude) and a track record of founding and scaling niche developer and AI products.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - Cum Laude, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - Cum Laude, Computer Science at University of VermontUMass LowellHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Central Catholic High School
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
unit-testing10
pytest10
python10
algorithmic-trading10
trading-bot10
testing10
cryptocurrency9
git6
linux6
javascript6
unix6
sed6
git-checkout6
jquery6
ansible6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
freqtrade/freqtrade
Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
Free, open source crypto trading bot
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:15 reviews, 6 commits, 19 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Matt's commits primarily focus on enhancing the testing framework for the `freqtrade` project. The contributions include parameterizing tests, removing obsolete test fixtures, and cleaning up test code based on feedback. The changes specifically target the `test_freqtradebot.py` file, indicating a focus on testing the core functionalities of the trading bot. These improvements aim to increase test coverage and maintainability.
telegram-botalgorithmic-tradingpythonfreqtradetrading-bot
ferrants/dataxu-automation-demo
Jul 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 8 months
pythonautomation
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