Matt Smith
Solution Architect at Stegra
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolMatt Smith is a Solution Architect based in Stockholm with 11 years of experience building cloud-native platforms, developer tooling, and full-stack services across Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Kubernetes, GCP/AWS and Terraform. He has driven platform and DX improvements at Nordnet and Klarna, combining hands-on engineering with coaching, architecture guidance and internal strategy work. Comfortable switching between deep technical contribution and people-facing roles, he has led working groups on API standardisation, onboarding and architecture while mentoring engineers on DDD, observability and modern Java practices. His background spans enterprise consulting to in-house platform leadership, giving him a pragmatic view of delivering resilient systems at scale. Outside commercial roles he co-led a nonprofit that tutors immigrant developers, reflecting a commitment to inclusive tech education. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic “software wizard” who blends craftsmanship with systems thinking.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Digital & Technology Solutions, BSc Digital & Technology Solutions at Aston University
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Github Skills (200)
google-cloud-platform10
controller10
testing10
intellij-idea10
terraform10
gcp10
junit10
docker-container10
google-cloud10
cloud-platform10
integration-testing10
docker-compose10
build-time10
test-automation10
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
flavour101/api
Feb 2022 - Jul 2024
API backend for Flavour 101
Contributions:30 PRs, 39 pushes, 31 branches in 2 years 5 months
apiflavourbackendnodejsbackend-api
Stackchat/stackchat.github.io
Apr 2017 - Apr 2022
The Stackchat Podcast Website
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
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