Matt.
Senior Software Engineer | Platform & Developer Productivity
I build and operate internal developer platforms on Kubernetes. I specialize in containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and enabling teams to ship reliably at scale.
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About Me
I’m a Senior Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems, internal developer platforms, and productivity tooling. Currently at Inspira Financial, I own the stability and evolution of our Kubernetes-based Internal Developer Platform supporting multiple application teams across Windows and Linux workloads.
I drove the first successful production container deployments after a multi-year modernization effort, transitioning legacy enterprise applications to containerized services. I thrive at the intersection of platform engineering, DevOps, and application development—building the foundations that help teams ship faster and more reliably.
Here are a few technologies I've been working with recently:- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Azure/AKS
- Helm
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Python
- Java
- C#/.NET
Experience
Senior Software Engineer
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Inspira Financial
Jan 2025 - Present
Owned stability and evolution of an Internal Developer Platform on Kubernetes supporting multiple application teams and mixed Windows/Linux workloads.
- Drove first successful production deployments of containerized services after multi-year modernization effort, transitioning platform from pre-prod validation to live customer traffic.
- Defined rollout model using gated approvals and standardized Helm-based deployments to prevent prod drift and enable rapid onboarding of new services.
- Implemented Datadog APM enabling service-level tracing in production; designed internal PKI using cert-manager and trust-manager.
- Led live incident bridges and served as technical escalation point, prioritizing durable remediation over tactical fixes.
Software Engineer
Jan 2023 - Jan 2025
Key contributor and technical driver of enterprise application modernization and containerization initiative.
- Led containerization of legacy enterprise portfolio: 110 applications packaged into 63 containers across Windows and Linux.
- Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines for .NET, Java, and batch workloads; reduced build and deployment time by 100% through artifact reuse and pipeline optimization.
- Acted as de facto technical lead for containerization effort despite mid-level title; senior engineers deferred to platform decisions.
- Presented modernization roadmap to management and created reference architecture that served as the model for production deployments.
Software Engineer
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School Data Solutions
May 2020 - Oct 2022
Full-stack developer building data platforms and web applications for K-12 education.
- Designed and created 20 data autoloaders (ETL) used by 90 school districts and 2 million users.
- Built tooling that increased analyst productivity by 3X; trained fellow developers on new workflows.
- Overhauled UI/UX of 17 customer-facing web applications; mentored 3 junior engineers.
- Sole contributor for company’s public website, implementing responsive designs and lead routing.
Education
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