Summary
Matthew Benjamin is an engineering manager in San Francisco with 11 years of experience and a strong foundation in frontend and mobile technologies, including React, React Native, and Swift. At Rakuten Rewards he leads an eight-person team, instituted a new agile process, and is driving deprecation of legacy tech across web, iOS, and Android—demonstrating both delivery and modernization chops. He’s hands-on from shipping React Native apps to configuring Expo EAS for large TestFlight distributions, and has taught a Mastering React Native course, showing an ability to distill complex topics. Trained originally as an electrical engineer, Matthew combines systems thinking with product-focused engineering leadership to move cross-platform features from prototype to production.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
advanced regents diploma, advanced regents diploma at Plainview Old-Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School
Certificate, iOS Development 101, Certificate, iOS Development 101 at New York Code + Design Academy
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, 3.25, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, 3.25 at University at Buffalo