Matt Klich
Distinguished Systems Engineer at Ibotta, Inc.
Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolMatt Klich is a Distinguished Systems Engineer in Colorado with 16 years of experience building and operating large-scale, cloud-native infrastructure and resilient production systems. He blends deep hands-on skills in software development, systems and database administration, networking, and cloud architecture to drive performance, reliability, and automation across the stack. Matt has led teams through high-stakes operations—tuning massive Elasticsearch clusters, designing CI/CD and deployment systems, and delivering fast Kubernetes-based platform proofs-of-concept—while mentoring engineers and shaping technical strategy. His open-source contributions range from low-level JVM work in Avian to UX-focused improvements in a Pelican theme, reflecting both systems-level expertise and attention to developer/user experience. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic technical leadership that balances rapid delivery with operational excellence.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Colorado State University
English
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Github Skills (26)
jvm10
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wordpress-themes9
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Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
ReadyTalk/avian
Feb 2010 - Apr 2014
[INACTIVE] Avian is a lightweight virtual machine and class library designed to provide a useful subset of Java's features, suitable for building self-contained applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 commits in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily worked on core Java code within the Avian project. Their contributions include changes to the `src/machine.h` file, which suggests modifications to the virtual machine's internal workings, particularly related to threading, monitor implementation, and atomic operations. Further, they modified code related to the powerpc architecture, as well as resolving compilation and merge issues. The user also focused on changes related to the compilation process.
class-libraryjavavirtual-machinejit-compileropenjdk
alexandrevicenzi/Flex
Feb 2016 - Aug 2016
The minimalist Pelican theme.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 4 PRs, 5 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the theme's front-end aspects. They modified the `archives.html` template to display dates more efficiently and added related posts functionality by modifying the `article.html` template. Further adjustments included reworking the related posts' CSS styles and fixing Less compilation issues. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the user experience and visual presentation of the Pelican theme.
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