Summary
Matthew Trumbell is a Director of Engineering with 17 years of experience leading high-performing teams to deliver scalable, reliable software from low-latency trading systems to modern SaaS products. Based in the Chicago area, he has progressed through senior technical roles at Sprout Social—now guiding engineering strategy there—and previously built robust market-making infrastructure and quantitative systems at trading firms. Matthew blends deep hands-on expertise in performance optimization, distributed systems, and risk reporting with proven people leadership that improves availability and delivery cadence. He has a track record of taking complex, latency-sensitive problems and turning them into maintainable platforms through automation, testing, and thoughtful architecture. Notably, his background spans both finance-grade execution platforms and consumer-facing social software, giving him rare perspective on reliability at scale. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Michigan Technological University and thrives on mentoring engineers to bridge technical rigor with product impact.
17 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Michigan Technological University