Matthew Garber
Software Engineer at Disney Experiences
Orlando, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Garber is a software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently building secure backend systems at Disney Experiences after a multi-role tenure at Western Digital. He holds both a BS from RPI and an MS in Computer Science from Rice, and specializes in cryptographically secure platforms and handling highly sensitive data across the stack—from mobile apps in Swift/Kotlin to firmware and backend services. Matthew has improved API specifications and documentation to make security-focused systems more auditable and developer-friendly, and he’s mentored new engineers to accelerate team delivery. An active contributor to the Submitty open-source grading system, he’s repeatedly balanced front-end UX refinements with backend integrations, demonstrating a pragmatic full-stack approach with an emphasis on security and scalable collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Rice UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (11)
html10
css10
javascript10
submission10
front-end-development10
twig9
php8
back-end-development8
github7
autograd6
ed255196
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Submitty/Submitty
Mar 2019 - Jul 2020
Homework Submission, Automated Grading, and TA grading system.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 11 PRs, 21 pushes in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily worked on front-end enhancements, improving the user interface and experience by adding new markdown buttons and styling. They also refactored and updated existing UI components, including timezone formatting for dates, color correction and other visual adjustments. The user demonstrated proficiency in both front-end and back-end, integrating the new features, with modifications and improvements to the file structure, specifically with new admin system updates.
reactsubmittygrading-systemhomework-serverteaching-tools
Submitty/IntroToJava
Feb 2019 - Feb 2021
Materials for an Introduction to Programming in Java course
Contributions:13 PRs, 16 pushes, 13 branches in 2 years
java
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