Matt Mulder
Staff Software Engineer at Airbnb
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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RockstarMatt Mulder is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience, currently simplifying architecture and boosting performance for Airbnb's search frontend from Old Toronto. He brings deep front-end expertise, having contributed to widely used open-source tooling like Snowpack—adding multi-entry HTML support, granular chunking, and improvements for Yarn PnP and clean URL handling. Comfortable operating at the intersection of developer experience and production performance, he focuses on pragmatic optimizations that reduce complexity and improve load times. Previously at Yelp, he has a track record of shipping impactful UI and build-system improvements at scale. Known among peers as a "web slinger," he pairs hands-on coding with architectural thinking to drive measurable product improvements. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful tradeoffs that keep fast-moving front-ends maintainable and performant.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (9)
html10
javascript10
build-tools10
front-end-development10
esmodules10
webpacker10
webpack10
css9
yarnpkg8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
FredKSchott/snowpack
Jul 2020 - May 2021
ESM-powered frontend build tool. Instant, lightweight, unbundled development. ✌️
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 6 commits, 5 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the enhancement of the Snowpack build tool's functionality. They implemented features like supporting multiple HTML webpack entries and granular chunking. Additionally, the user addressed compatibility issues related to Yarn PnP and improved the handling of clean URLs for built HTML files, demonstrating a focus on build process optimization and user experience improvements.
eslintesbuildjavascriptesmodulessnowpack
mxmul/react-packed-grid
Oct 2020 - Jul 2021
A React component to create a grid of equally scaled boxes packed efficiently into a container, as seen in video conferencing apps like Zoom.
Contributions:1 release, 7 reviews, 11 commits in 9 months
react-componentreactvideo-conferencingvideoconferencing
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