Matt Stavola
Staff Software Engineer at GOMdrop
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMatt Stavola is a Staff Software Engineer in New York with 11 years of experience building reliable backend systems and developer tools, currently focused at Offensive Security while also co-founding GOMdrop. He is a polyglot engineer who favors Arch-based GNU/Linux environments and brings hands-on expertise in Java, Kotlin, and Rust—contributing to notable open-source Rust projects like xi-editor and the sozu proxy where he implemented core replay and retry policies. His background spans founding startups, leading engineering teams, and delivering full-stack solutions including Android apps, REST backends, and custom GNU/Linux distros for security-conscious clients. Known for combining pragmatic engineering with strong testing and automation skills, he often tackles core library problems and resilient error-handling in production systems.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Saint John's UniversityXaverian High School
English
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Github Skills (18)
back-end-development10
testing10
http10
http-proxy10
error-handling10
rust10
test-automation10
performance-monitor9
proxy9
performance-analysis9
gradle-kotlin-dsl6
collections6
abstract-class6
executable-jar6
gradle6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
xi-editor/xi-editor
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
A modern editor with a backend written in Rust.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:55 commits, 4 PRs, 1 push in 1 month
Contributions summary:Matt's contributions center around adding, modifying, and testing core functionality within the `xi-editor` project. They have been actively involved in writing and refining tests for features related to recording and playback within the editor, as well as implementing functionality related to the core logic of the application. Their work focuses on core library components with significant interaction with the recording buffer and event handling. They demonstrate familiarity with implementing and testing core features within a Rust-based project.
rustbackendeditor
sozu-proxy/sozu
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Sōzu HTTP reverse proxy, configurable at runtime, fast and safe, built in Rust. It is awesome!
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 18 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Matt focused on implementing retry logic and policies for the `sozu-proxy` project. Their primary contribution involved introducing a `RetryPolicy` trait and an `ExponentialBackoffPolicy` implementation, as well as integrating these policies into the backend connection management. They refactored and evolved the retry mechanism across multiple commits, demonstrating iterative development and refinement of the error handling strategy. Further contributions include moving retry logic into its own module and making the `Backend` generic over the `RetryPolicy`.
configurableproxyrustsecurityruntime
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