Matthew Purdy
Principal Software Engineer at HALOGEN ENGINEERING GROUP, INC
Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Purdy is a Principal Software Engineer with two decades of professional experience who specializes in distributed systems, cloud and cluster computing (EC2, Kubernetes, Docker), big data stacks (Hadoop, Spark, Accumulo) and enterprise search (Elasticsearch/Solr), now focused on EVM layer-1/2 blockchains and applied encryption. He combines hands-on engineering and system integration with business development experience to grow companies and mentor high-performing teams toward shared goals. Comfortable across the stack, he leverages software architecture, just-in-time learning, and mathematical thinking to implement machine learning solutions and solve hard problems in production. Based in Maryland, he operates both as a principal engineer at Halogen Engineering Group and founder of Purdy Good Engineering, blending consulting agility with long-term delivery. An underappreciated strength is his track record of moving projects to completion for clients—prioritizing practical, auditable outcomes over academic perfection.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Computer Science, Masters Computer Science at SUNY Polytechnic InstituteCourseraUdacityKahn AcademyBachelors of Science Computer Science, Bachelors of Science Computer Science at State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/RomeAssociates of Science Computer Science, Associates of Science Computer Science at Herkimer County Community College
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (2)
bash4
shell3
Github contributions (2)
matthewpurdy/purdy-good-bash
Sep 2013 - Nov 2015
Contributions:59 commits, 11 pushes in 2 years 1 month
bash-scriptsshellbash-scriptbash
matthewpurdy/purdy-good
Aug 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:19 commits, 9 pushes in 7 months
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