Matthew Herron
Staff Software Engineer at Sprout Social, Inc.
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Herron is a Staff Software Engineer with two decades of experience across the full SDLC and a decade-plus in senior engineering roles, currently driving platform work at Sprout Social from Durham, NC. He combines product-minded engineering with content and data expertise—having launched electronic publishing platforms at major healthcare publishers and led product development at the American Medical Association. As a co-founder of Milk and Honey Estates he built data tooling and daily analytics for metaverse LAND markets, blending principal data science and engineering responsibilities. His open-source work includes backend/API contributions to a Robinhood Node client, improving authentication, request handling, and order management, reflecting a pragmatic focus on stability and developer ergonomics. Colleagues rely on him to translate strategic problems into shipped systems and repeatable team practices, and he views technology as a means to measurable outcomes rather than an end in itself.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate of Completion, Full Stack Web Development, Certificate of Completion, Full Stack Web Development at General AssemblyBA, Physics, Computer Science, BA, Physics, Computer Science at Ithaca College
English, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
authentication10
user-authentication10
nodejs10
javascript10
api10
apidoc10
lodash9
stock8
trading8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
aurbano/robinhood-node
Feb 2017 - Nov 2017
:chart_with_upwards_trend: NodeJS client for Robinhood Trading :fire:
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & API Developer
Back-end Developer & API DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 10 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Matthew made multiple contributions focused on improving the functionality and usability of the Robinhood API client. They fixed a bug in the `cancel_order` function, implemented direct token authentication, and added a method to expire and logout of Robinhood. Furthermore, they augmented the `orders` method to accept instrument and date limiters, and updated request headers for compatibility. These changes demonstrate a focus on enhancing the API's features and ensuring its stability.
chartjavascripttradetradingtrend
swimclan/candlestick-models
Jun 2019 - Jan 2021
A financial asset event-based candlestick chart modeler
Contributions:6 releases, 1 PR, 9 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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