Mat Schaffer

Mat Schaffer is a seasoned technology professional with extensive experience in software engineering and site reliability engineering. Currently serving as a Principal Software Engineer at Roblox since October 2022, Mat previously held similar roles at Elastic, where responsibilities included leading teams in cloud observability and improving site reliability as a Principal SRE. Mat's career also includes important contributions as a Reliability Engineer at notable companies such as Netflix and Stellar Development Foundation, where innovative tools and monitoring solutions were developed to enhance system performance and operational insight. Experience as a co-founder and developer at Mashion involved automating large-scale systems and implementing Agile methodologies, while teaching web development at the University of Pennsylvania reflects Mat's commitment to education and mentoring. Mat holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Drexel University.