Matthew Gertz
Sr. Principal Software Architect Developer Division & Azure at Microsoft
Woodinville, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Gertz is a Principal Software Architect with 11+ years at Microsoft and a multi-decade career blending robotics research and large-scale developer tooling. He leads Azure SDK architecture work, championing API-first design, automation, and publishable language SDKs while driving shift-left practices and operational streamlining for services like Azure Redis Cache. Previously he guided cross-platform mobile IDEs, Visual Studio .NET developer experience, and Xbox Live services, combining deep systems design with hands-on performance and tooling expertise. Matthew is as comfortable mentoring teams and refining inclusive hiring practices as he is designing language editors, cloud services, and end-to-end engineering systems that measurably increase developer throughput. His background includes Ph.D.-level robotics work creating visual programming languages for manipulators, an unusual blend that informs both low-level dynamics thinking and high-level API design. Based in Woodinville, WA, he pairs extensive technical writing and customer engagement with a track record of operationalizing best practices across large organizations.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B.S.E., Elec. Eng. & Comp Sci., B.S.E., Elec. Eng. & Comp Sci. at University of MichiganPh.D., Elec. & Comp. Eng (Robotics), Ph.D., Elec. & Comp. Eng (Robotics) at Carnegie Mellon UniversityValedictorian, Class of 1985, Valedictorian, Class of 1985 at Monroe High School, Monroe, Michigan
Github Skills (69)
swagger10
microsoft-azure10
code-analysis10
visual-studio10
rest-api10
openapi10
roslyn10
dotnet10
editor10
sdk10
rest10
omnisharp10
compiler10
azure10
electron10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
MattGertz/Euchre
Nov 2021 - May 2026
Contributions:20 pushes, 2 branches, 1 comment in 4 years 6 months
MattGertz/RotatableDie
Apr 2025 - May 2026
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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