Matthew Paras
Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Paras is a Senior Software Engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with seven years of experience building developer-facing tools and consumer products across companies like LinkedIn, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair. He writes idiomatic Rust, C#, Python, Go, and JavaScript (React), and enjoys picking up new languages when they better fit a problem. His open-source work includes an embedded Scheme interpreter in Rust where he implemented core language features, refactored environments, and added a garbage collector and macro groundwork—reflecting an interest in language design and compilers. Matthew pairs practical production experience with a research-minded background (MS in Computer Science) and a history of teaching and data analysis, so he often thinks about developer ergonomics and correctness as first-class goals. Colleagues rely on him to simplify complex systems and ship tooling that makes other engineers more productive.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Industrial Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Industrial Engineering at Northwestern UniversityNaperville Central High School
English
Github Skills (5)
rust10
interpreter10
lisp10
garbage-collection9
macros8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mattwparas/steel
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
An embedded scheme interpreter in Rust
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:183 reviews, 651 commits, 362 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Matthew contributed to the development of an embedded scheme interpreter in Rust. Their commits focused on implementing the `if` conditional, incorporating a basic lambda syntax, and adding core list functions, showing a focus on the core functionality of the interpreter. The user also refactored the environment and incorporated a garbage collector to handle memory management. Furthermore, the user appears to be adding preliminary support for the macro system.
schemetransducersrustscripting-languagescheme-interpreter
mattwparas/mp-scheme
Dec 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:48 commits, 46 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
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