Matthew Lutze
Postdoctoral Researcher at Aarhus University
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Lutze is a postdoctoral researcher and software engineer with a decade of experience building language tooling and backend systems, currently based at Aarhus University. He combines academic rigor from a PhD track with industry experience at Amazon, where he shipped production software as an SDE and intern. An active open-source contributor, he has made substantive compiler-level contributions to the Flix programming language—fixing string escape handling and evolving core phases like Weeder, Namer, and Typer—demonstrating deep expertise in language implementation. Comfortable shifting between research and production environments, he brings practical testing habits and a history of mentoring and teaching from roles in higher education. Notably, his background spans international study in France and hands-on startup internships, reflecting a blend of theoretical depth and applied engineering.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Chesterton High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Aarhus UniversityMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Université Paris CitéBachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science at Gustavus Adolphus College
English, French
Github Skills (2)
language-design9
testing8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
flix/flix
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
The Flix Programming Language
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1630 reviews, 533 commits, 1127 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Matthew appears to be a back-end developer contributing to the Flix Programming Language project. They were focused on implementing and fixing string escape sequences, and also adding functionality like a `scoped` modifier. Their contributions seem to have involved significant modifications to the Weeder, Namer, and Typer phases, indicating work on core language features. They have also been involved in adding tests and building a derivation, suggesting a deep understanding of the language's implementation.
flix-programming-languageimperativedeclarative-programmingcompilerjvm
mlutze/flix-json
Oct 2021 - Mar 2025
A JSON parsing library in Flix
Contributions:10 releases, 4 reviews, 140 PRs in 3 years 5 months
parsingparserjson-parsingflixjson
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