Matthew Swartwout
Staff Software Engineer at Google
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Swartwout is a Staff Software Engineer in the Greater Seattle area with 11 years of experience building embedded and IoT systems, currently shaping Google Home APIs and Matter integrations. He has progressed through multiple senior engineering roles at Google, specializing in local home platforms and low-latency device interactions that simplify smart home setup and control. His open-source contributions to the Matter (connectedhomeip) project show practical expertise adapting cross-platform embedded code for Android and resolving subtle initialization and build issues. Matthew pairs a strong academic background in computer engineering with hands-on experience in avionics simulation and systems testing, giving him a pragmatic approach to reliability and testability. He’s as comfortable shipping production APIs as he is untangling platform-specific build and initialization order problems that often hide in embedded stacks.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Engineering at Case Western Reserve UniversityOakton Community CollegeEvanston Township High School
Spanish
Github Skills (8)
ip10
iot10
matter-js10
embedded10
c-language10
android-sdk10
cprogramming-language10
sys10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
project-chip/connectedhomeip
Mar 2023 - Jul 2024
Matter (formerly Project CHIP) creates more connections between more objects, simplifying development for manufacturers and increasing compatibility for consumers, guided by the Connectivity Standards Alliance.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:23 reviews, 18 PRs, 24 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Matthew made several contributions focused on the Matter (connectedhomeip) project, specifically related to platform-specific implementations and build configurations. They addressed issues such as removing deprecated macros (DLL_LOCAL, DLL_IMPORT), updating the Android SDK to version 26 to meet Matter's requirements, handling initialization failures within the AndroidDeviceControllerWrapper, and fixing initialization-order-fiasco issues. Additionally, the user made code changes to adapt the project's structure and functionality to better suit the Android platform, highlighting a focus on embedded systems and IoT technologies.
connectivity-standards-alliancebuild-with-matterguidedzephyrconnectivity
mwswartwout/connectedhomeip
Mar 2023 - May 2024
Matter (formerly Project CHIP) creates more connections between more objects, simplifying development for manufacturers and increasing compatibility for consumers, guided by the Connectivity Standards Alliance.
Contributions:77 pushes, 31 branches in 1 year 2 months
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