Matt O.

Matt O. has extensive work experience in the software engineering industry. Matt is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Joby Aviation since January 2021. Prior to that, they founded and served as the CEO of wrk nil starting in November 2020.

Before their role at wrk nil, Matt worked at Uber as a Senior Software Engineer from September 2018 to January 2021. During their time at Uber, they contributed to the development of flying car technologies through their Airspace Systems and Elevate projects.

Matt's career also includes a position as a Senior Software Engineer at Swipe Labs, which was acquired by Uber in July 2017. At Swipe Labs, they served as the Acting CTO and played a significant role in the company's acquisition.

Before joining Swipe Labs, Matt worked at Twitter as a Lead Software Engineer from July 2014 to September 2015. Their responsibilities at Twitter included supporting and scaling the TapCommerce architecture, focusing on building and scaling servers in a Java Netty framework.

Matt's earlier experience includes a role as a Full Stack Engineer at TapCommerce, which was acquired by Twitter in July 2014. Matt was responsible for developing high-throughput and low-latency systems within the Real-Time Bidding (RTB) environment.

Prior to their roles with Twitter and TapCommerce, Matt worked as a Programming Analyst at TriTek Solutions Inc, now known as Perficient, Inc, from August 2008 to March 2013.

Matt also worked as a .NET Developer at Infusion Development in 2007, where they developed a .NET web application utilizing SharePoint APIs and converted the company's website from HTML to XHTML.

Additionally, Matt has experience as a Software Design Engineer at Belcan Corporation, where they modified control logic software in military jet engines and developed program units in proprietary software programs.

Their career began as a Customer Support Technician II at Vanguard Networks in 2005, where they monitored and diagnosed networking problems for customers.

Overall, Matt possesses a diverse range of work experience in the software engineering field, with expertise in areas such as aviation technology, Uber's Elevate project, and high-throughput systems development.

Matt O. studied at Northeastern University from 2003 to 2008. Matt received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a concentration in Business Administration in 2008. In June 2018, they obtained a certification in Advanced Algorithms in Java from Udemy.