Matthew Gilson
Sr. Staff Software Engineer at Latitude AI
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Gilson is a Sr. Staff Software Engineer in Pittsburgh with a decade of experience building mapping and data pipelines for autonomous vehicles and robotics. He began as a research scientist in space physics, developing high-performance, parallel simulations and visualization tools before transitioning to full-stack and backend engineering roles at Google, Pattern Technologies, Argo AI, and now Latitude AI. A top-10 all-time Python contributor on StackOverflow, he actively contributes to open-source projects like strawberry-graphql, where he’s worked on complex code generation for GraphQL schemas. Matthew combines deep scientific rigor from a PhD with practical product instincts, shipping production systems that sync millions of records and influence high-value business decisions. He’s equally passionate about teaching and research, continually upskilling into machine learning while translating cutting-edge algorithms into reliable production services.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Space Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Space Physics at University of New HampshireBachelors, Physics, Bachelors, Physics at Grove City College
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (124)
datetime10
python10
list-comprehension10
multidimensional-arrays10
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loops10
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
strawberry-graphql/strawberry
May 2023 - Jan 2024
A GraphQL library for Python that leverages type annotations 🍓
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 reviews, 14 PRs, 23 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily contributed to the `strawberry-graphql/strawberry` repository by working on codegen features, including support for mutations, fragment directives, and handling default values. Their work involved modifying code generation logic in `query_codegen.py` and other plugin files to accommodate these features. They also added and updated tests to ensure the correct generation of code for various scenarios, including generic types.
mypyasgipythonstrawberryannotations
mgilson/mypy
Mar 2018 - Jul 2023
Optional static typing for Python 2 and 3 (PEP484)
Contributions:20 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 4 months
static-typingpythonbootstrappingpep484python-2
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