Matthew Zikherman
Software Developer at Artsy Inc.
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Zikherman is a seasoned software developer with 14 years of experience building full-stack and mobile experiences from New York City. At Artsy he has contributed front-end and iOS React Native work for flagship projects like the Artsy mobile app and the Artsy.net website, improving UI rendering, image/PDF previews, and critical artist and auction features. His background includes quantitative roles in finance where he served as the sole software developer for systematic trading and built risk management systems, giving him a strong analytical foundation and domain fluency. Comfortable across front-end, mobile, and backend domains, he combines product-focused UI polish with pragmatic engineering for production systems. He holds a BA in Mathematics from Columbia, and his blend of art-world product work and prior quantitative engineering is a distinguishing, cross-disciplinary strength.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Mathematics, BA, Mathematics at Columbia University in the City of New York
Github Skills (17)
javascript10
ios10
react-native10
expressjs10
typescript9
typescript-types9
backbonejs9
react9
backbone9
typescripts9
collections8
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
api-design7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
artsy/force
Nov 2013 - Jan 2023
The Artsy.net website
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:425 reviews, 1622 commits, 1270 PRs in 9 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Matthew's contributions focused on implementing and maintaining various features and components for the Artsy.net website. They worked on implementing a "System/Up" route, integrating "Related genes and contemporary" fixes in the "artist" app, and fixing a bug in the "Fillwidth row" component. The user further worked on ensuring proper function of the "Follow Artist" and "Auction" features, including working on the "artist" and "auction_lots" apps.
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artsy/eigen
Dec 2016 - Jun 2022
The Art World in Your Pocket or Your Trendy Tech Company's Tote, Artsy's mobile app.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer & Mobile Developer (iOS)
Front-end Developer & Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:40 reviews, 99 commits, 17 PRs in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily contributed to the mobile application's front-end, making changes to React Native components. Their work focused on the presentation and display of data, including updating components to show multiple artist names, integrating image previews, and adding PDF previews. The user also refactored components to use the updated conversation item schema. These changes indicate a focus on improving the user interface and data rendering within the mobile app.
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