Summary
Matthew Hoener is a Senior Software Developer with 11 years of experience building scalable backend systems and developer-friendly infrastructure, currently at Wealthsimple in Victoria, BC. He has deep hands-on expertise in PHP, Scala, Java, Docker, Kubernetes and Linux, and a track record of integrating ML-driven credit scoring, payment processing, and multi-currency donation systems into reliable production services. Matthew has led projects from founder-built web apps used by thousands of students to enterprise-grade Kubernetes platforms and high-throughput analytics at IBM, combining pragmatic refactoring with strong observability and incident response practices. He regularly mentors peers, champions better documentation and testability, and bridges cross-functional gaps between data science, product, and risk teams to turn complex requirements into auditable, maintainable systems. An engineer who moves comfortably between startup agility and enterprise process, he brings both entrepreneurial initiative and disciplined operational rigor.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BSENG Software Engineering, BSENG Software Engineering at University of Victoria