Matthew Dressman
Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Dressman is a Principal Engineering Manager in Seattle with 15+ years of experience building and scaling engineering organizations across startups and enterprise teams. He combines deep technical expertise in distributed systems, cloud, data science, and modern web stacks with a track record of shipping zero-to-one products and production-grade safety systems (notably in crypto and AI safety). Known for growing leaders and high-performing teams, he emphasizes observability, automation, and cost-efficient cloud operations to reduce incidents and speed delivery. He’s operated at the intersection of product and security—leading Microsoft’s vulnerability response org and implementing Trust & Safety controls at Coinbase—bringing pragmatic ML and automation into security workflows. Outside work he serves on the board of Path with Art and channels a creative streak into music, reflecting a consistent focus on human-centered UX and community impact. Colleagues describe him as a hands-on engineering leader who moves quickly between strategic vision and shipping critical code.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Information Science and Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS Information Science and Technology at Penn State University
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Github Skills (85)
fluxible10
declarative10
msal10
javascript10
single-page-application10
azure-ad-b2c10
portal10
microsoft-authentication10
azure-active-directory10
frontend10
react10
api9
wcag9
data-access9
powershell9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
porchdotcom/porch-react-select
Mar 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:6 PRs, 3 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 1 month
react-jsreactjsreact
mdressman/fluxible
Mar 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
javascriptisomorphicnodejsfluxpluggable
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