Matthew Simmons
Staff Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Simmons is a Staff Software Engineer based in New York with 28 years of experience building large-scale systems, currently leading Geo Data Foundations and Geo Machine Perception efforts at Google. He combines deep systems expertise—from Solaris kernel work at Sun Microsystems to long-running leadership of mapping and MapSpam initiatives—with product-focused technical management. Known for translating complex spatial and perception problems into reliable, scalable infrastructure, he mentors teams and drives cross-functional delivery across Google's mapping stack. His dual background in computer science and industrial management informs a pragmatic approach to engineering tradeoffs and operational excellence. Despite a predominantly enterprise career, he retains a hands-on engineering mindset and a penchant for tackling low-level performance and data-quality challenges.
28 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Industrial Management, BS, Industrial Management at Purdue University Daniels School of BusinessBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Purdue UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at Bradley UniversitySeaholm High School
Stackoverflow
31reputation
762reached
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Github Skills (128)
monitoring10
dotnet10
laravel10
typescript10
jellyfin10
network10
csharp10
snmp10
network-monitoring10
system-monitoring10
php10
bitset9
docker-compose9
rrd9
starlark9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
bacall213/briancall-mytracks
Oct 2010 - Apr 2011
Contributions:87 commits in 5 months
simmonmt/advent-of-code
Dec 2017 - Jan 2023
Contributions:518 commits, 247 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
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