Summary
Matthew Shin is a Senior Mobile Developer with eight years of experience building high-quality iOS and Android apps, currently driving mobile engineering at Hootsuite. He blends a BS in Computer Science and Psychology from UBC with strong reactive-programming expertise and modern UI frameworks like SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose to improve developer velocity and product quality. At Hootsuite he has reduced boilerplate and CI build times, led Kotlin 2.x migrations, and strengthened security and SOC2 compliance to unlock business opportunities. He’s known for pragmatic automation—open-sourcing a Swift macro that cut 1,800 lines of boilerplate—and for streamlining release workflows to reduce human error. A collaborative leader, Matthew hires and mentors engineers while aligning cross-functional teams to deliver on high-priority projects. Based in Langley, BC, he brings a user-focused engineering mindset shaped by both technical depth and a background in consumer-facing support roles.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at The University of British Columbia