Matthew Rothenberg
VP Of Engineering at Protocol Labs
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Rothenberg is a seasoned product and engineering leader with over 16 years of hands-on experience and 20+ years leading high-performing teams to build secure, scalable platforms and developer tooling. Currently VP of Engineering at ClassDojo and an advisor to Protocol Labs, he has run large, distributed engineering organizations at Protocol Labs and Stripe, driving high-availability charge-path infrastructure, global compliance, and major cost savings. He blends product sensibility with deep technical chops—contributing to notable open-source projects like godog (Cucumber for Go) and tooling such as lolcommits and scm_breeze—to improve testing reliability, cross-platform dev ergonomics, and developer experience. Known for scaling teams across continents and creating developer-centric culture and processes, he also has a track record of turning complex regulatory and infrastructure challenges into pragmatic, auditable systems. Based in New York, he combines academic grounding from UC Berkeley and NYU with an early curiosity about systems dating back to Space Camp.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
M.I.M.S. Information Management and Systems, M.I.M.S. Information Management and Systems at University of California, BerkeleySpace Camp Diploma Astronautics, Space Camp Diploma Astronautics at U.S. Space & Rocket CenterM.A. Media Technology and Society, M.A. Media Technology and Society at New York University
English, German, Korean
Github Skills (24)
cli10
git10
multiplatform10
scripting10
minimagick10
command-line-interface10
bash10
cross-platform10
functional-testing10
ruby10
gherkin10
script10
go10
command-line10
sh10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
lolcommits/lolcommits
Oct 2011 - Jan 2019
:camera: git-based selfies for software developers
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 499 commits, 15 PRs in 7 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily worked on the `lolcommits/lolcommits` project, which is a git-based selfie tool for developers. They implemented several features related to image processing and the integration of commit messages, including resizing the captured image, adding commit messages and commit shas to the images. They also made adjustments to the tool's behavior, like no longer opening preview images and moving the image store to the home directory. This user also made changes to the CLI to support --last and --browse commands.
git-addonswebcamselfie
scmbreeze/scm_breeze
Oct 2014 - Oct 2014
Adds numbered shortcuts to the output git status, and much more
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Shell Scripting Expert
DevOps Engineer & Shell Scripting ExpertContributions:16 commits in 18 days
Contributions summary:Matthew focused on improving the cross-platform compatibility and reliability of the `scm_breeze` tool. They implemented several changes to ensure functionality across different operating systems, particularly macOS and BSD-based systems, by avoiding platform-specific commands and utilizing more portable alternatives. The user also refactored test scripts for better concurrency and isolation and addressed build and testing dependencies, improving the robustness of the project's testing infrastructure. They also focused on improving the build and testing dependencies, addressing cross-platform compatibility.
git-status
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