Matthew Harwood
Engineering Manager II at Uber
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Harwood is an Engineering Manager II based in Portland with over a decade of hands-on experience building high-performance web platforms for global brands. At Uber he leads and mentors cross-functional teams of backend, data, and frontend engineers while owning multimillion-dollar services and a bespoke CMS, driving dramatic improvements in performance, cost, and resilience. His work includes cutting infrastructure costs by 99%, halving attack response times with an in-house bot defense, and improving server latency and throughput by an order of magnitude—demonstrating a rare mix of product focus and systems-level optimization. A specialist in web technologies and UX, he blends design sensibility with rigorous performance engineering to elevate both user experience and operational execution. He values mentoring and team development as much as technical excellence, deliberately surrounding himself with diverse, creative talent to solve problems that matter. Known to live by “Always Be Coding,” he still stays hands-on while scaling teams and systems.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Associate's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Oakland Community CollegeB.A, Asian Studies, B.A, Asian Studies at Wayne State UniversityHigh School Diploma, General Studies, 12th, High School Diploma, General Studies, 12th at Ferndale High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S), Interactive Arts and Technology, Design, Bachelor of Science (B.S), Interactive Arts and Technology, Design at Simon Fraser University
English, Japanese
Github Skills (200)
ui-components10
testing10
isolation10
html10
storybook-addon10
dom10
nodejs10
svelte10
angular-library10
web-components10
frontend10
web-performance10
deno10
web-developer10
vite10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
illuminism/platform
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:35 commits, 8 PRs, 34 pushes in 16 days
scalableweb-platformenlightenworkflow
matthewharwood/Portfolio
Apr 2020 - Oct 2021
A Portfolio created by Matthew Harwood
Contributions:173 commits, 3 PRs, 152 pushes in 1 year 5 months
reactcssjavascriptreactjsnextjs
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