Matthew Randell

randellma@gmail.com | 226-698-0180 | mattrandell.com

Summary

Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of experience in developing robust software solutions, leading engineering teams, and overseeing architecture. Eager to leverage expertise in my next role to make a significant impact.

Experience

Wayfair 2022 - Present Staff Software Engineer

Accomplishments:

• Accelerated development: Created a microfrontend web app platform, cutting down development time of our teams by hundreds of hours.
• Project rescue: Played a pivotal role in an at-risk project, reducing the timeline by 4 months through strategic reuse of existing solutions.
• Release confidence: Overhauled pipelines and development standards, enabling a shift from monthly manual to on-demand automatic deployments.

Responsibilities:

• Lead full-stack application design and development, enhancing retail store operations.
• Provide technical leadership to multiple teams, increasing velocity and resolving technical challenges.
• Facilitate negotiations with slower-moving partner teams to resolve technical dependencies.
• Collaborate with product management to rapidly iterate and release while upholding software excellence.

Brock Solutions 2011 - 2022 Senior Software Engineer/Developer

Accomplishments:

• Framework design: Developed a framework for new customer projects, expediting delivery and enhancing reliability.
• Deployment innovation: Introduced container usage, optimizing deployment and integration processes.
• Development efficiency: Utilized OpenApi to auto-generate extension bundles, saving hundreds of development hours.

Responsibilities:

• Architected distributed microservice, event-driven solutions as the principal designer.
• Lead teams of 10+ to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Worked directly with customers to translate business requirements into effective technical designs.
• Mentored junior engineers to maximize their impact and accelerate their growth.
• Established rigorous project testing standards for consistently safe deployments.

Education

McMaster University 2007 - 2012 Bachelors of Software Engineering

A four-year engineering degree including a 12 month co op at IBM Canada.

Skills

Languages: Java, Typescript, JavaScript, Kotlin, C#, SQL

Technology: Spring Boot, React, GraphQL, REST, Kubernetes, Android, .Net, Terraform, Microservices, Databases, Docker, Web, Cloud (GCP, Azure), Git

Roles: System Design, Architectural Planning, Team Leadership, Back End, Full Stack

Personal

Side Projects

• Created a web app to automate checking Wayfair friends and family discounts.
• Developed and published Readsy - a speed reading chrome extension.