Matt Schrage
Software Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolMatt Schrage is a software development manager and former CTO with a decade of experience building developer tools and startup products in the San Francisco Bay Area. He co-founded Fig—an IDE-style autocomplete startup for shells—helped grow its product and onboarding UX, and led its acquisition by Amazon, where he now works on next-generation developer experiences including CodeWhisperer at AWS. Hands-on across the full stack, Matt has contributed notable open-source work to Fig’s autocomplete project, adding fuzzy search and refining command completions that improve everyday terminal workflows. His background blends early product prototyping at companies like Foursquare and OLX with leadership in technical communities, including running the Harvard Technology Review. Known for turning developer friction into polished experiences, he pairs entrepreneurial drive with pragmatic engineering at scale.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
S20, S20 at Y CombinatorHarvard University
English
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Github Skills (22)
javascript10
scripting10
fig10
typescript10
script10
typescript-types10
sh10
typescripts10
shell10
cli10
ios9
git9
automations8
automation8
npm8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
withfig/autocomplete
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal & shell
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 361 reviews, 374 commits in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the `autocomplete` project, focusing on improving the completion specifications for various command-line tools. Their work involved refining existing specifications, adding new commands, and fixing bugs, specifically related to shell commands and package integrations. They also made substantial improvements by integrating new features, like fuzzy search, and correcting existing features, for example the use of spaces in arguments, demonstrating their deep understanding of the project's purpose.
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withfig/fig
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022
Public issue tracker for Fig.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 20 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the Fig onboarding process, making changes to the `fig_onboarding.sh` script and related files. They focused on updating the onboarding copy, adding events, and improving the user experience within the Fig CLI. Their work included updating the CLI's instructions, adding event logging, and modifying the welcome message and wrap-up text for new users.
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