Summary
Matt Parrish is a Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of experience who specializes in front-end architecture, performance, testing, and developer experience, currently shaping web app patterns and tooling at Gusto using React, TypeScript, and GraphQL. He blends deep technical chops with people leadership—having led React and Redux migrations, introduced real user monitoring and distributed trace visualization, and managed growth of cross-functional teams. Comfortable across the stack, he has built full-stack real-time services and developer platforms at Workday and modernized large SaaS front ends at CA Technologies. Known for coaching engineers and creating learning cultures, he also operates at the intersection of architecture and day-to-day delivery to accelerate product teams. Based in Denver, he brings a pragmatic focus on developer productivity and measurable user experience improvements.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
None, General, None, General at Thomas Worthington High School
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering at The Ohio State University
English, Spanish