Matt Powell
Senior Developer at Personal
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Powell is a senior developer based in Wellington with 17 years of professional experience and over 20 years crafting web applications end-to-end—from provisioning servers to testing designs with real customers. He specializes in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, GraphQL and front-end CSS, consistently delivering robust, user-focused interfaces and APIs. Currently building product at UsabilityHub while also co-directing a national improvisation trust, he blends disciplined engineering with creative leadership. His background includes senior roles at Optimal Workshop and Flick Electric Co., and early work in research and visual design that give him a rare mix of technical depth and UX sensibility. He frequently picks up small design and development projects personally, maintaining a hands-on practice alongside team-based delivery. That combination of craft, customer testing, and performance-minded full-stack experience makes him a pragmatic builder who values delightful outcomes as much as reliable systems.
17 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. (Hons.), Computer Science, B.Sc. (Hons.), Computer Science at University of Canterbury
English, French
Github Skills (187)
feather-icons10
testing10
component-library10
svg10
bootstrap-forms10
javascript10
twitter10
mongodb-driver10
api10
html10
feather10
recurring-events10
angular10
typescript10
colors10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
fauxparse/nzif
Aug 2023 - Oct 2024
Contributions:188 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 2 months
fauxparse/effective-palm-tree
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:5 PRs, 121 pushes, 18 branches in 2 months
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