Matthew Burke
Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Burke is a technology leader and hands-on COBOL developer with nine years of experience who rose from Support Analyst to CTO and CFO by leveraging strong work ethic and adaptability. Based in Missouri, he oversees development teams, the software development lifecycle, and internal infrastructure while continuing to contribute code and handle QA/support tasks in a small-company environment. He brings a mathematician’s rigor—holding a bachelor’s and master’s in Mathematics—to practical software and operational problems. An active open-source contributor, he enhanced the popular mintapi project by adding date-range support and improving CLI parsing for better maintainability. Comfortable switching roles as needed, he blends strategic leadership with day-to-day engineering and client-facing responsibilities.
9 years of coding experience
Master’s Degree, Mathematics, Master’s Degree, Mathematics at University of Texas at TylerBachelor’s Degree, Mathematics, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics at Spring Hill College
Github Skills (7)
argparse10
datetime10
python10
command-line9
apidoc9
command-line-interface9
api9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mintapi/mintapi
Sep 2021 - Aug 2022
an unofficial screen-scraping "API" for Mint.com
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:152 reviews, 83 commits, 104 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Matthew contributed to the `mintapi/mintapi` repository by implementing features and refactoring code. The user added support for date range arguments and the related conversion methods for retrieving transaction data. Furthermore, the user refactored the command-line argument parsing process by moving it into a loop to improve maintainability. These changes demonstrate a focus on enhancing the functionality and usability of the Mint API.
apipythonmintscreen-scrapingscraping
burkematthew/our_home
Dec 2021 - Mar 2023
Contributions:127 reviews, 216 PRs, 352 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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