Summary
Matthew Fortier is a Front End Developer with 10 years of experience building polished user interfaces and automating cloud infrastructure, currently shaping UX for IBM Cloud and the IBM Automation Platform. He specializes in React, Redux, Emotion, and modern front-end tooling, while also engineering backend automation with Node.js, Pulumi, Kubernetes SDK, and Kustomize to keep OpenShift clusters healthy across AWS and Azure. Matthew blends a designer’s eye with systems thinking—delivering API gateway and reservation UIs while implementing microservices that reconcile remote infrastructure. His background spans healthcare EHR interfaces, tooling refactors, and production-critical scripting, demonstrating an ability to move between product-facing UX and backend reliability work. Based in North Carolina, he pairs practical full-stack delivery with a knack for anticipating operational failure modes before they impact users.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Kennebunk High School
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science & Innovation, 3.668/4.0, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science & Innovation, 3.668/4.0 at Champlain College
English