Matthew Soyka
Director, Software Development & Architecture at Winmark – the Resale Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Soyka is a Director of Software Development & Architecture with a decade of experience leading engineering teams through technical strategy, delivery, and continuous improvement. He combines hands-on front-end and full-stack roots (React, TypeScript, Node) with senior leadership roles at Winmark, Best Buy, and Hy-Vee to align architecture, hiring, and stakeholder management. Matthew prioritizes reducing technical debt while fostering innovation—a reflection of his stated aspiration to formalize that practice—and he’s skilled at recruiting and developing engineers to deliver high-quality software. Based in Minneapolis, he brings a practical mix of product-minded engineering, accessibility/SEO awareness from his early front-end career, and coaching experience from youth soccer that informs his team leadership style.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Tech Bootcamp Fullstack to Backend Software Development, Tech Bootcamp Fullstack to Backend Software Development at Front-End MastersPost-Baccalaureate Certificate Web Design & Development, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Web Design & Development at Minneapolis College of Art and DesignBachelor of Science Business/Commerce General, Bachelor of Science Business/Commerce General at Butler UniversityBootcamp Tech Degree Full Stack Javascript & Front-End Web Development, Bootcamp Tech Degree Full Stack Javascript & Front-End Web Development at Treehouse
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (46)
react10
react-components9
javascript9
material-ui9
material-design9
mongodb8
websocket-client8
payload8
branding8
logos8
typescript8
mui8
react-typescript8
nexus8
nodejs8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
msoyka/lerna-starter
Aug 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:8 PRs, 199 pushes, 10 branches in 1 month
msoyka/Augmented-ITCSS-Architecture
Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:5 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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