Matthew Chaplain
Principal Software Engineer at Vitestro
Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMatthew Chaplain is a Principal Software Engineer with 11+ years of experience building embedded and middleware systems, currently leading architecture and delivery at Vitestro. He combines deep C++ expertise, software design discipline and agile practices with domain knowledge in Bluetooth, navigation and medical robotics software. Previously he managed a 25+ engineer team at TomTom to deliver automotive navigation middleware and developed Bluetooth stacks and testing tools at Rohde & Schwarz and TomTom Telematics. Comfortable moving between hands-on development and technical leadership, he has a track record of modernizing legacy systems—recently reimagining retro ANSI-terminal apps in modern C++ as a hobby project. Based in the Netherlands but British by background, he brings a pragmatic engineering mindset that emphasizes reliable, testable systems for safety- and performance-critical domains.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 2.ii, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 2.ii at University of Leeds
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Github Skills (55)
cpp-library10
nim-lang10
windows10
text-based10
windows-terminal10
telnet10
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cpp10
ansi10
console9
tui9
command-line9
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Github contributions (5)
KazDragon/serverpp
May 2019 - Jul 2022
A C++ library for basic network server handling
Contributions:5 releases, 52 commits, 69 PRs in 3 years 2 months
cppc-librarynetworkingc-plus-plushandling
KazDragon/textray
Nov 2017 - Jan 2024
A Telnet server that allows a connected client to navigate a text-based ray-casted 3D landscape
Contributions:44 PRs, 39 pushes, 40 branches in 6 years 3 months
ansi-escape-codesraynavigatetelnet-serverconnected
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