🚀 Staff Engineer Expertise

Turn Technical Debt Into Strategic Assets

Modernize with confidence. I specialize in systematic legacy transformation that reduces costs by 40-60% while accelerating your innovation cycles.

50%
Cost Reduction
3x
Faster Delivery
70%
Less Maintenance
99.9%
Uptime Target
Services

Engineering Excellence, Delivered

Comprehensive solutions for your most complex technical challenges

Legacy Modernization

Transform dangerous technical debt into maintainable, scalable systems that accelerate your business.

  • Static analysis to identify high-impact refactoring opportunities
  • Incremental migration strategies that minimize risk
  • Automated testing implementation for legacy code
  • Cloud-native architecture transformation

Performance Optimization

Unlock your application's potential with optimization that delivers measurable business impact.

  • Sub-50ms response time optimization
  • Database query optimization and indexing
  • Infrastructure cost reduction strategies
  • Scalability bottleneck identification

Developer Productivity

Empower your teams with modern tools and practices that dramatically accelerate delivery.

  • CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
  • Development environment standardization
  • Automated code quality and security scanning
  • Custom internal tooling development
About

Staff Engineer Expertise at Your Service

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Hi, I'm Matthew

I'm a Staff Engineer with over a decade of experience at the principal level, specializing in the complex puzzles others shy away from. My journey spans from game development and healthcare IT to government systems – giving me a unique perspective on what makes software truly maintainable and scalable.

What sets me apart? I've built custom static analysis tools that map out the hidden dependencies in your codebase, making the impossible task of decomposing monoliths systematic and predictable. Whether it's untangling a decade-old Java system, automating away hours of manual work, or diving deep into bytecode to solve interoperability challenges – I thrive on turning technical chaos into clean, efficient systems.

My approach is straightforward: give me a complex problem, and I'll deliver a working solution. I believe in clear weekly updates and milestone demos, not endless meetings. You'll work directly with someone who's been writing code for 17 years and still loves the craft.

Java Expert
🔍 Static Analysis Tools
🏗️ Monolith Decomposition
Performance Optimization
🛠️ 17 Years Experience
Success Stories

Real Impact, Measurable Results

Examples of transformations I've led across various industries

E-commerce Platform

Legacy Monolith to Microservices

Led the transformation of a 10-year-old Java monolith serving 5M+ users daily into a modern microservices architecture. Implemented strangler fig pattern for zero-downtime migration while maintaining full feature parity.

Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Redis

60%
Deployment time reduction
45%
Infrastructure cost savings
99.99%
Uptime achieved
Financial Services

Performance Crisis Resolution

Rescued a failing payment processing system experiencing 30-second response times. Through systematic profiling, query optimization, and caching strategies, achieved sub-second performance for 98% of transactions.

Technologies: Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, DataDog, AWS

50ms
Average response time
10x
Throughput increase
$2M
Annual savings
Healthcare Tech

Developer Productivity Transformation

Built comprehensive CI/CD pipeline and internal tooling suite for a 50-person engineering team. Automated repetitive tasks, standardized development environments, and implemented quality gates that caught 85% of bugs before production.

Technologies: GitLab CI, Docker, Terraform, TypeScript, Go

75%
Faster feature delivery
85%
Bug reduction
4hrs → 15min
Deployment time

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