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Matt Whitaker

React Full-stack Engineer

Over a decade of building cloud based web applications, up and down the stack, specializing in React, with full-stack experience across several language stacks focusing on microservices.

    • 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

    Automation, AI workflows, integrated CI/CD

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

what I've worked with

My focus has always been front-facing applications and interface concerns. It's what I'm strongest at

  • 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
  • TypeScript 6 yrs
  • React 10 yrs
  • RxJS 9 yrs
  • Next.js 1 yr
  • Figma / Component Systems 6 yrs
  • Tailwind 3 yrs
  • Web Performance 9 yrs
  • a11y / i18n 9 yrs

I've had opportunities to work on a diverse range of stacks.

  • 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
  • C# / .NET 4 yrs
  • Java / Spring Boot 5 yrs
  • Python / Flask 2 yrs

Plenty of opportunities to think about data design.

  • Relational Database Design
  • Cache modeling
  • NoSQL and tail-end stores
  • Failover and recovery
  • Scale and performance optimization
  • Data Modeling
  • Schema Design
  • SQL / MySQL 9 yrs
  • No SQL / MongoDB / DynamoDB 2 yrs

My experience is largely in the AWS space, but I've worked on a number of infrastructures.

  • Edge architecture & orchestration
  • Serverless infrastructure
  • CI/CD & deployment pipelines
  • Container platforms (Kubernetes)
  • Performance & service scaling
  • Systems Design
  • Serverless orchestration
  • IaC
  • System Design 9 yrs
  • AWS 9 yrs
  • Serverless 4 yrs
  • K8s 9 yrs

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