Matthew Von-maszewski is a senior software engineer with 13+ years of hands-on experience building high-performance backend systems and optimizing storage engines. He has driven core improvements in widely used projects like RocksDB and LevelDB, tackled disk and socket-level bottlenecks at Akamai and ArangoDB, and led engineering and operations efforts from startup founders to enterprise teams. Known for creating robust, minimal-code solutions, he blends advanced math and statistical models (CHAID, calculus-driven block sizing) with practical operational chops in large-scale Linux environments. As an interim director at Basho and long-time consultant, he pairs hiring and process improvements with deep low-level C++ and systems expertise. Based in Massachusetts, he’s also an endurance athlete (Ironman finisher), a detail that mirrors his persistence in squeezing performance from challenging systems.
13 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
M.B.A., Marketing and International Business, M.B.A., Marketing and International Business at University of Southern California
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA at Texas A&M University
Contributions:1 review, 14 commits, 85 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily focused on refactoring and improving the LevelDB codebase. They introduced and refined code related to bloom filters and caching mechanisms, enhancing performance and data handling. Furthermore, the user removed dead code and deprecated functionality related to hot backup features. The user also made minor adjustments to comments.
🥑 ArangoDB is a native multi-model database with flexible data models for documents, graphs, and key-values. Build high performance applications using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript extensions.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:96 commits, 130 PRs, 348 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Matthew made several contributions related to the RocksDB engine within the ArangoDB project. These include removing POSIX file advisory calls, implementing a throttling mechanism to reduce write pressure, and fixing a bug related to transaction timeouts. The user also made changes to the ClusterComm component, specifically improving the wait() function and addressing issues related to request handling, indicating involvement in the distributed database's core communication logic.
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Matthew Von-maszewski - Sr. Software Engineer at matthewv.com