Matthew Star
Engineering Team Lead at Fathom - AI Meeting Assistant
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Star is an engineering team lead and former YC-backed founder with 12 years of experience building full-stack products and leading teams in AI and data analytics startups. He currently leads engineering at Fathom, having progressed from senior engineer to team lead while advising and co-founding high-growth companies like Narrator. Matthew pairs hands-on implementation with product and operations experience—he’s shipped analytics platforms, led product at Aquifer, and coaches founders on founder sales. A self-taught developer who transitioned from composing music for commercials to software, he brings creative problem solving and a founder’s hustle to engineering leadership. Based in Philadelphia, he blends startup grit with institutional experience from WeWork and mentorship roles (Thinkful, Candid), making him effective at scaling teams and systems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who bridges product, engineering, and go-to-market thinking.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Penn CharterBachelor's degree Music, Bachelor's degree Music at Columbia University
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Github Skills (64)
logentries10
react-ace10
date-fns10
datepicker10
google-maps-javascript-api10
react10
react-redux9
javascript9
nextjs9
redux9
redux-form9
validation9
browser9
react-carousel9
form-validation9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
carlsednaoui/nycio
Apr 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:222 commits in 1 month
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