Matthew Courtney
Self Employed
Gainesville, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Courtney is a seasoned software engineer with 16 years of experience, currently building systems at Amazon from his base in Denver. He brings a hybrid background in software and robotics, having developed flight-control I/O, impedance controllers for 7-DOF manipulators, and internal tooling for code quality and performance at The MathWorks. Skilled in Python, C++, MATLAB, embedded ARM/PowerPC targets, databases, and automated testing, he repeatedly turns complex engineering specs (even Excel-driven designs) into reliable build artifacts and web reporting tools. Known as a self-starter who drives continuous improvement, he has a track record of refactoring legacy systems, optimizing data pipelines, and adding secure access controls for sensitive workflows. With top academic performance in mechanical engineering (BS/MS) and hands-on experience across instrumented hardware and large software ecosystems, he blends practical systems thinking with attention to maintainability and performance.
16 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Florida Institute of Technology
Github Skills (13)
clojure10
bouncy-castle10
p2p9
bitcoin9
rails9
crypto8
drift8
cryptography8
database5
postgresql4
programming-language2
activerecord2
authentication-middleware1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
macourtney/clj-crypto
Feb 2012 - Nov 2016
Clj-crypto is a wrapper for Bouncy Castle which allows you to easily use cryptography in your clojure app.
Contributions:20 commits, 4 PRs, 4 pushes in 4 years 9 months
bouncy-castleclojurecryptocryptography
macourtney/clojure-tools
Sep 2010 - Jan 2015
A set of clojure utilities created while working on Conjure.
Contributions:36 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 4 years 4 months
clojure
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