Summary
Matthew Garrett is a Senior Frontend Engineer based in New York with a strong track record building high-volume, production-grade web applications for DeFi and enterprise platforms. Over multiple roles he has led frontend architecture and component library efforts—driving scalable, themeable design systems and performant UIs using TypeScript, React, Next.js, and modern tooling like Tailwind and Shadcn UI. He has experience shaping product strategy with leadership (working directly with C-suite at Notional) and delivering systems that processed tens of millions in loans and transactions monthly. Matthew combines front-end UX sensitivity with low-level blockchain integration, building modular service layers for smart contract interactions with Viem and Wagmi to reduce gas costs and improve maintainability. He also mentors engineers and has repeatedly accelerated feature delivery through reusable libraries, real-time data patterns, and pragmatic engineering trade-offs. Fluent in problem-solving across ad tech, crypto, and enterprise domains, he brings a product-minded approach grounded in measurable impact.
4 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
German Language, German Language at Freie Universität Berlin
Student Full Stack Web Development, Student Full Stack Web Development at Flatiron School
Bachelor's Degree International Business, Bachelor's Degree International Business at Missouri State University
English, German