Summary
Matt Merrifield is a senior software engineer in Los Angeles with a decade of experience building engineering tools and infrastructure at Google after leading EHR engineering as an engineering manager at drchrono. He brings a pragmatic systems mindset rooted in a chemical engineering background, having moved from sensor R&D and automation to data and cloud engineering in startups. Known for owning projects end-to-end, he has hands-on experience across back-end systems, data pipelines, DevOps, and product-facing healthcare platforms. Comfortable in both small teams and large orgs, he blends technical leadership with a history of shipping reliable, compliant systems in regulated domains. An early entrepreneur who founded a tutoring business, he also has a track record of making complex technical problems accessible to teams and stakeholders.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles