Summary
Matthew Critchlow is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with nearly two decades of front-end-focused experience, now applying AI to customer-facing products at ServiceNow. He has led large UI organizations at VMware, scaling teams from a dozen to 40+ engineers while architecting monorepos, micro-frontends, and distributed CI/CD pipelines that enabled 10x faster production releases. Known for distilling complex enterprise systems into intuitive interfaces, he also designed a GraphQL consolidation, real-time WebSocket features, and pushed test coverage and automation to production-grade reliability. He combines hands-on implementation across Angular, RxJS, Java, and .NET with mentorship that repeatedly elevated engineers into senior and staff roles. Based in Encinitas, CA, he pairs a Master’s in Computer Science with a knack for turning platform complexity into delightful, productive user experiences.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science at University of Wales
Master's Degree Computer Science, Master's Degree Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English