Summary
Matt Kandler is a product-focused full-stack engineer and founder with a decade of experience building consumer apps and tooling, currently on the technical staff at Anthropic after roles at Runhouse and Human NYC. He blends Ruby on Rails, Node.js and iOS expertise with a designer’s eye—having founded Happyfeed (now Orca), a mobile journaling app that applies positive psychology to habit formation. His background spans startup founding, nonprofit UX work grounded in Stanford mindset research, and early robotics/mechanical engineering research, giving him a rare mix of product intuition and systems-level engineering. Based in New York, he favors minimalist, user-centered solutions and has a track record of shipping polished, habit-forming experiences.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mechanical Engineering, BS, Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University
Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University