Matt Kangas
Software Engineer at MacmillanPlatform
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Kangas is a seasoned software engineer in New York with 13 years of experience leading teams and shipping reliable production software across startups and established companies. He blends full-stack chops—from Electron desktop apps and responsive UIs to backend integrations—with hands-on contributions to high-profile projects like MongoDB Compass, where he worked on authentication, Electron integration, and installer tooling. Comfortable in fast-moving dot-com and publishing environments, he has driven delivery at MongoDB, Yahoo!, and Macmillan Publishers, pairing product focus with pragmatic engineering. Known for refactors that improve maintainability and for mentoring teams, he favors observational design and iterative action—orient, observe, dream, act—turning ambitious ideas into working systems.
13 years of coding experience
Cornell University
Github Skills (12)
nodejs10
javascript10
electron10
socket-io-client9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
socket-io9
uid9
mongodb-database8
build-automation8
mongodb8
windows-gui8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mongodb-js/compass
Mar 2015 - Sep 2016
The GUI for MongoDB.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:301 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily worked on the codebase of MongoDB Compass, making several changes to the client-side code, including token refresh and socket.io authentication. These changes involved modifications across various files related to the client and server components. Additionally, the user contributed to the UI and Electron integration, including changes to the build process, and the creation of the windows installer. Furthermore, the user refactored and enhanced the code, including refactoring and style changes.
compassmongodbguimongoose-plugin
kangas/.dotfiles
Sep 2015 - Mar 2022
Contributions:21 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 6 months
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