Summary
Matthew Hartstonge is a Development Growth Lead based in Christchurch, New Zealand, with over a decade of hands-on IT and software engineering experience and 14 years in the broader tech sector. He blends systems architecture and backend engineering (notably in Golang, Kubernetes, Azure and Terraform) with a passion for team development—onboarding, coaching and building a technical brand. His background spans operations-level automation (OpenStack, Ansible, Docker), full-stack JavaScript work including Ember.js, and mobile iOS development, giving him a rare mix of infrastructure and product-facing skills. As a small-business owner he’s kept a pragmatic, customer-focused lens on hosting and IT services while leading scalable engineering practices at Hero. Colleagues describe him as creatively driven and purpose-oriented; outside work he balances engineering with family life as a husband and father.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MongoDB, A+, MongoDB, A+ at MongoDB University (Online Courses)
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at University of Canterbury
DipBS, Youth Ministry, B+, DipBS, Youth Ministry, B+ at Laidlaw College
DipICT, Multimedia, DipICT, Multimedia at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
English