Matthew Pirocchi
Software Engineer at Pixee
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Pirocchi is a seasoned full-stack software engineer with 16 years of experience building developer-focused tools and customer-facing applications across cloud, finance, and AI domains. He has driven end-to-end products at AWS and Microsoft—leading the AWS Toolkit for VS Code and adding new language support to the CDK—and delivered high-stakes projects like a $10M phase for a top marketing agency at Akkio. Technically versatile, Matthew contributes to prominent open-source projects such as AWS CDK and jsii, where he improved .NET support, build signing, and Windows tooling to smooth cross-language developer experiences. He combines strong CS fundamentals with a taste for modern stacks (TypeScript, Vue Composition API, infrastructure as code) and a knack for reducing friction in developer workflows. Based in Baltimore, he pairs mentorship and engineering standards with hands-on implementation, often surfacing subtle platform and tooling issues before they reach production.
16 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of Mary WashingtonBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at William & Mary
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Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-toolkit-vscode
Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
Amazon Q, CodeCatalyst, Local Lambda debug, SAM/CFN syntax, ECS Terminal, AWS resources
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:79 commits, 141 PRs, 303 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Matthew contributed to the AWS Toolkit for VS Code by implementing a custom user agent for HTTP requests, enhancing the integration with AWS services. They refactored the codebase to remove import cycles and improve modularity. The user also added a configuration option for parameter overrides and implemented a 'deploy' command, streamlining the process of deploying SAM applications to AWS.
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aws/aws-cdk
Jul 2018 - Sep 2018
The AWS Cloud Development Kit is a framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code
Role in this project:Cloud Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer
Cloud Engineer / Infrastructure EngineerContributions:17 commits, 5 PRs, 20 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily focused on improving the .NET support within the AWS CDK framework. Their work included updating namespace names and addressing Windows setup issues related to `y-npm`. They also contributed to enhancing the build process by enabling strong name creation for .NET assemblies and integrating the necessary configuration. These changes facilitated a smoother developer experience and improved the overall integration of .NET projects within the CDK ecosystem.
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