Matt Westervelt
Lab Manager at Impinj
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarMatt Westervelt is a seasoned infrastructure and lab operations leader with 7+ years in focused roles and over two decades of hands-on experience building networks, maker spaces, and developer ecosystems. Currently Lab Manager at Impinj and formerly Staff Infrastructure Engineer at OctoML and Build Engineer at Intel, he designs and automates CI/CD, edge fleets, and on-prem AI/ML hardware deployments using tools like Ansible, Bazel, and Buildkite. He pairs procurement and vendor problem-solving—finding scarce hardware and arranging on-demand compute—with pragmatic engineering: scripting device setup, sharding tests, and integrating wheel packaging into builds. An entrepreneur at heart, Matt founded SeattleWireless and a public makerspace, demonstrating a rare mix of community-building, fabrication expertise, and systems-level engineering. Known on GitHub as a “robot wrangler,” he brings a tinkerer’s curiosity to production-grade infrastructure, optimizing developer workflows and lab reliability.
7 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (11)
python10
ci-cd-pipeline10
build-automation10
buildkite9
bazel9
buildkit9
docker8
automations8
automation8
testing8
dockers8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
plaidml/plaidml
Dec 2018 - Nov 2020
PlaidML is a framework for making deep learning work everywhere.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:12 reviews, 78 commits, 64 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily focused on enhancing the CI/CD pipeline and build processes for the PlaidML project. Their contributions include adding features like softfail options, sharding tests, and integrating wheel packaging into the build process. Furthermore, the user implemented environment variables for device/target specifications and debug builds within the CI environment. They also worked on artifact management and reporting.
pytorchtvmdeep-learningmachine-learningcompiler
drgone/master
Sep 2019 - Jan 2024
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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