Matthew Mcdonald
Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Mcdonald is a Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon with 11 years of hands-on experience building production AI features for consumer products like DashCart and Alexa NLU. He progressed from intern and SDE I roles in Alexa AI to leading Field AI work on DashCart, demonstrating strong domain knowledge in natural language understanding and edge/field AI systems. Based in Boston, he brings a practical engineering mindset honed at Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he also taught data structures and functional programming. Matthew has a track record of automating complex operational workflows and scaling embedded AI features from prototype to live service. Colleagues rely on him for bridging research-quality NLU with robust production engineering, and he combines deep technical skill with classroom-level clarity when mentoring teammates.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (4)
msr6
react5
pathfinding5
security2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ateamwpi/HospitalKiosk
Mar 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:8 releases, 252 commits, 82 PRs in 1 month
hospitalwomenpathfinding
mattmcd25/msrsite
Mar 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:123 commits, 23 PRs, 94 pushes in 5 months
msrreact
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