Matthew Smith is an engineering manager with a decade of software experience, currently leading remote teams at Syndigo after progressing from senior and lead engineering roles. He blends a strong technical background in C#/.NET and full-stack Ruby on Rails with formal training from Harvard Extension School and a BA in Mathematics. His career path is eclectic—spanning municipal CAD drafting, pest control fieldwork, web and graphic design, and overseas software development in New Zealand—bringing practical problem-solving and adaptability to engineering leadership. Matthew is equally comfortable shipping production systems and mentoring distributed teams, and he balances professional life with a personal mission to visit as many U.S. National Parks and Monuments as possible. A multilingual learner with studies in Spanish and a master’s in software engineering, he brings curiosity and cross-disciplinary thinking to team culture and product delivery.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Mathematics at Texas Tech University
Master of Liberal Arts Software Engineering, Master of Liberal Arts Software Engineering at Harvard Extension School
Spanish Language and Literature, Spanish Language and Literature at Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo
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