Matthew Mcglincy is an experienced engineer with 15 years in software, currently holding engineering roles at Google while serving as Principal Engineer at Observable and Staff Software Engineer at Gaia GPS. His career blends long tenures at Google with entrepreneurial stints as a freelance mobile and iOS developer, showing fluency across large-scale systems and product-focused mobile apps. He moves comfortably between hands-on implementation and technical leadership, shipping features for both consumer mapping/navigation and developer-focused tooling. Based in San Francisco, he pairs a BS in Computer Science with an MFA in Writing, suggesting a rare combination of technical rigor and strong communication skills that helps translate complex ideas into clear product direction.
15 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University at Buffalo
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