Summary
Matthew Beck is a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with a decade of professional experience and over eight years focused on designing scalable systems, serverless architectures, and applied machine learning. Based in Seattle, he has led cross-functional teams to modernize legacy platforms into resilient microservices, build nationwide shipping and dispatch systems, and deliver real-time communications features for call centers. He’s strong in both frontend and backend work—often serving as the frontend subject-matter expert while also architecting job scheduling, retry, and failure-recovery services that materially cut manual operations. His background in instructional design and film production surfaces in a pragmatic emphasis on usability, clear documentation, and thoughtful user experiences. Matthew holds an MS in Computer Science (4.0) and combines academic rigor with hands-on product delivery across startups and enterprise teams. Notably, he brings an uncommon blend of production media experience and systems engineering discipline, which helps him communicate complex technical tradeoffs to diverse stakeholders.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Political Science & Philosophy, B.A., Political Science & Philosophy at University of Kentucky
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, 4.0, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, 4.0 at Northern Kentucky University
B.F.A., Motion Picture Production, B.F.A., Motion Picture Production at Wright State University
English