Matt Mcelwee
Lead Software Engineer at BibleProject
Bennington, Nebraska, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Mcelwee is a Lead Software Engineer with a decade of full-stack, polyglot experience building and refactoring platforms across nonprofits and multi-million dollar eCommerce businesses. He excels at turning complex problems into simple, maintainable solutions and has both launched greenfield systems and modernized 15-year-old codebases. Based in Bennington, Nebraska, he combines hands-on engineering with product-minded design sensibilities and a curiosity for new stacks. Currently leading development at BibleProject, he brings pragmatic leadership to teams while staying deeply involved in code. His background in youth studies and theology gives him an uncommon perspective on user empathy and mission-driven product work. He is continually learning and seeks creative technical approaches that balance longevity, clarity, and impact.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor's Degree, Youth Studies, Bachelor's Degree, Youth Studies at University of Valley ForgeBachelor's degree, Bible and Theology, Bachelor's degree, Bible and Theology at Multnomah UniversityTreehouse
Stackoverflow
33reputation
3kreached
2answers
2questions
Github Skills (68)
api10
outlook10
lists10
open-source10
gcal9
javascript9
calendar-widget9
api-rest9
directory-tree9
directories7
form-validation7
observer7
compiler7
church7
delete7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Renddslow/interview-card-reader
Oct 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:2 reviews, 10 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year
dmsi-io/wwcd-api-node
Jan 2020 - Jan 2022
Contributions:1 review, 2 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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