Matthew Waldron
Principal Engineer at Forbes
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Waldron is a Principal Engineer with eight years of experience designing and leading engineering efforts that drive revenue, compliance, and performance for high-traffic digital properties. Based in the New York City area, he has shepherded teams and systems at Forbes and Cigna—delivering large-scale front-end optimizations, privacy-first tracking architectures, and reusable component libraries that together produced multi-million pageview gains and measurable revenue uplifts. He blends hands-on full-stack development (React/Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, AWS) with cross-functional collaboration across SEO, legal, BI, and product to solve thorny measurement and compliance challenges like GDPR/CCPA alignment and consent timing. Beyond feature work he builds durable engineering practices—automating CI/CD, standardizing tooling, and establishing audit processes—that reduce technical debt and vendor reliance. An underrated strength is turning performance and accessibility wins into direct business impact, from affiliate commission boosts to restored ad measurement on sponsored content.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Networking Information Technology - Minor in Management Information Systems, B.S., Networking Information Technology - Minor in Management Information Systems at Central Connecticut State UniversityA.S., Computer Systems Technology, A.S., Computer Systems Technology at Northwestern Connecticut Community College
English
Github Skills (116)
webpack-config10
backend10
stylelint10
javascript10
jquery10
popperjs10
yarn-workspaces10
html10
monorepo10
tsconfig10
music10
cli10
commitlint10
fullcalendar10
ajax10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
waldronmatt/bowman
Jul 2020 - Sep 2021
A simple static site generator with an integrated toolchain for efficient development and delivery.
Contributions:19 releases, 177 commits, 49 PRs in 1 year 2 months
static-site-generatortoolchainnodejsejsjavascript
waldronmatt/musicWebTemplate
Apr 2018 - Aug 2020
Free website template built for musicians / artists to promote their music and connect to their audience.
Contributions:4 releases, 53 commits, 25 PRs in 2 years 4 months
musiciansaudiencemusicpromotefree-website
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