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Matt Whitaker

Full-stack career • Front-end focus • AI powered

Over a decade of building cloud based web applications, up and down the stack, specializing in React + TypeScript + Node.

    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Redux
    • TanStack

    Interface

    A decade of React-based interfaces.

    • Tailwind CSS
    • Bootstrap
    • Figma
    • Storybook

    Style & Design

    A token-first approach to styling, adaptable across ecosystems.

    • Node.js
    • Python
    • Java

    Services

    Experience across a wide variety of server-side languages.

    • AWS
    • Docker
    • Terraform

    Cloud

    Serverless and containerized applications.

    • GitHub
    • Vite
    • Claude Code

    Workflow

    Clean pipelines, automation, and AI agents just make the job easier.

Stack

a rough picture of me.

A general look at the kinds of technology I have worked with, showcasing stronger experience. I'm always interested in learning new things and trying new technology.

Career

depth, width breadth.

My core discipline, much of my career as a SME and mentor

  • Design systems & component libraries
  • Data-dense dashboards & analytics
  • Administrative & internal tooling
  • Marketing & landing experiences
  • Accessibility & internationalization
  • Web performance
  • Technical Lead
  • Frontend Architect
  • Design Systems
  • Browser Performance
  • HTML / CSS / JavaScript 12 yrs · Expert
  • TypeScript 6 yrs · Strong
  • React / Redux / RTK 10 yrs · Expert
  • RxJS 5 yrs · Strong
  • Next.js 2 yrs · Comfortable
  • Figma / Component Systems 5 yrs · Strong
  • Tailwind 3 yrs · Strong
  • Web Performance 9 yrs · Strong
  • a11y / i18n 9 yrs · Strong

A genuine fullstack reach, at home across every layer behind the UI.

  • RESTful API design
  • Backend-for-frontend & orchestration
  • Distributed microservices
  • Serverless & event-driven workloads
  • MVC applications (.NET, Spring)
  • CMS & content pipelines
  • Fullstack Engineer
  • API & Service Design
  • Distributed Architecture
  • Node.js / Express 4 yrs · Strong
  • C# / .NET 4 yrs · Comfortable
  • Java / Spring Boot 5 yrs · Strong
  • Python / Flask 3 yrs · Comfortable

Years of modeling, storing, and moving data alongside the fullstack work.

  • Relational modeling & schema design
  • Query design & performance tuning
  • NoSQL & access-pattern stores
  • Data flow from storage to client
  • Data Modeling
  • Schema Design
  • SQL / MySQL 9 yrs · Strong
  • No SQL / MongoDB / DynamoDB 3 yrs · Exposure

A supporting role, but I have some experience maintaining IaC codebases and am familiar with many AWS products.

  • Edge architecture & orchestration
  • Serverless infrastructure
  • CI/CD & deployment pipelines
  • Container platforms (Kubernetes)
  • Performance & service scaling
  • Systems Design
  • Serverless orchestration
  • IaC
  • System Design 8 yrs · Strong
  • Edge Architecture 12 yrs · Expert
  • AWS 6 yrs · Strong
  • Serverless 4 yrs · Comfortable
  • K8s 9 yrs · Comfortable

Open to Senior Frontend or Full-stack roles — fully remote, or onsite/hybrid.
Seattle Eastside / Bellevue / Redmond.
W2 Contract or Full-time.

Let's talk

The Archives

worth a discussion

Other work worth musing about. May or may not be something you can access, I'll try to tell the story the best I can.

Pacific Northwest

born and raised

I grew up on the coast of Pacific Northwest and went to school at the University of Washington. These days I'm on the eastside, in the shadow of the Cascades.

The Emwhit Project

The Emwhit Project

an independent music project.

Solo and self-taught, The Emwhit Project is my music side passion, giving me a way to share my voice. It serves as my creative, expressive outlet, contrasting with with the more logical and problem-oriented world of my career.

Contact

want to connect?

The fastest way to reach me is below.

contact@mattwhitaker.name