Matt Forster
Staff Software Engineer at VTS
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolMatt Forster is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building developer-facing platforms and production services, currently steering platform and foundations work for the front office experience at VTS. He combines hands-on coding in Go and TypeScript with architectural leadership—shaping roadmaps, ADRs, and scalable design patterns while executing large-scale refactors and infrastructure automation on AWS. His background spans backend systems, Postgres, Kafka, and DevOps practices from founding Node.js teams to leading platform teams, which gives him a pragmatic appreciation for both product UX and operational reliability. Based in Lethbridge, Alberta, he’s as comfortable mentoring teams and championing engineering culture (including writing and decision records) as he is shipping features and improving developer experience. An avid learner and outdoors enthusiast, he brings curiosity and a maker’s mindset to solving complex systems problems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Diploma at Lethbridge CollegeBachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree at The University of Lethbridge
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
ftp-server10
javascript10
background-image10
hue10
rabbitmq10
adaptive-lighting10
ftp-client10
sunset10
package10
nodejs10
password-generator10
rabbitmq-client10
ftps9
ftp9
api9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
autovance/fee-api
Apr 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:6 releases, 28 PRs, 89 pushes in 4 months
apistripeemailfeecharge
QuorumDMS/filepath
Dec 2019 - Aug 2021
node.URL like utility for manipulating file paths, names, and extensions
Contributions:1 review, 17 commits, 18 PRs in 1 year 7 months
url-parserurl-parsingfilepathextensionsnodejs
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