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I'm a Senior/Principal Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience building distributed backend systems, cloud-native platforms, and performance-critical infrastructure. I specialize in leading complex technical initiatives, modernizing legacy systems, and delivering measurable improvements in scalability, latency, reliability, and cost efficiency. I blend deep systems programming with modern full-stack and cloud capabilities to ship robust, scalable solutions. I enjoy mentoring engineers, collaborating across cross-functional teams, and translating creative requirements into architectural patterns that support rapid, data-driven decisions while maintaining a friendly, collaborative culture.…I'm a Senior/Principal Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience building distributed backend systems, cloud-native platforms, and performance-critical infrastructure. I specialize in leading complex technical initiatives, modernizing legacy systems, and delivering measurable improvements in scalability, latency, reliability, and cost efficiency. I blend deep systems programming with modern full-stack and cloud capabilities to ship robust, scalable solutions. I enjoy mentoring engineers, collaborating across cross-functional teams, and translating creative requirements into architectural patterns that support rapid, data-driven decisions while maintaining a friendly, collaborative culture.

Matt Carter

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I'm a Senior/Principal Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience building distributed backend systems, cloud-native platforms, and performance-critical infrastructure. I specialize in leading complex technical initiatives, modernizing legacy systems, and delivering measurable improvements in scalability, latency, reliability, and cost efficiency. I blend deep systems programming with modern full-stack and cloud capabilities to ship robust, scalable solutions. I enjoy mentoring engineers, collaborating across cross-functional teams, and translating creative requirements into architectural patterns that support rapid, data-driven decisions while maintaining a friendly, collaborative culture.…I'm a Senior/Principal Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience building distributed backend systems, cloud-native platforms, and performance-critical infrastructure. I specialize in leading complex technical initiatives, modernizing legacy systems, and delivering measurable improvements in scalability, latency, reliability, and cost efficiency. I blend deep systems programming with modern full-stack and cloud capabilities to ship robust, scalable solutions. I enjoy mentoring engineers, collaborating across cross-functional teams, and translating creative requirements into architectural patterns that support rapid, data-driven decisions while maintaining a friendly, collaborative culture.

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I’m a Senior/Principal Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience building distributed backend systems, cloud-native platforms, and performance-critical infrastructure. I specialize in leading complex technical initiatives, modernizing legacy systems, and delivering measurable improvements in scalability, latency, reliability, and cost efficiency. I blend deep systems programming with modern full-stack and cloud capabilities to ship robust, scalable solutions.

I enjoy mentoring engineers, collaborating across cross-functional teams, and translating creative requirements into architectural patterns that support rapid, data-driven decisions while maintaining a friendly, collaborative culture.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer – Retail Media Platform at Kroger

July 20, 2023 - Present

Architected and delivered core components of Kroger's retail media platform by building distributed auction, targeting, and attribution services in Go, TypeScript, Python, and AWS (EKS, Kinesis, Redis, gRPC, idempotent transaction design, real-time bidding systems, auction algorithms, identity resolution, attribution systems). Led real-time bidding, event-driven microservices, and ML-enabled services to support multi-tenant, scalable workflows, contributing to YoY growth and platform reliability.

Senior Software Engineer – Distributed Rendering Systems at DreamWorks Animation

July 20, 2015 - June 20, 2023

Led development of distributed rendering components for MoonRay using C++17, IPC, and Linux-based compute clusters, supporting workloads exceeding 100M+ core-hours per feature. Built end-to-end rendering pipelines across thousands of nodes, optimized performance, and collaborated with artists to translate creative requirements into scalable systems.

Senior Software Engineer – Systems Platform at Mozilla Corporation

December 1, 2012 - February 1, 2016

Integrated Rust components into large Firefox codebases, improved build CI, and enhanced interop between Rust and C++ using LLVM toolchains. Led performance instrumentation and memory-safety improvements across critical system services, contributing to reliability and security.

Senior Software Engineer – SaaS Supply Chain Platform at SaaS Supply Chain Platform

September 20, 2008 - November 20, 2012

Developed a cloud-based vendor-managed inventory SaaS platform using multi-tenant architecture, real-time processing, and scalable backend services; contributed to multi-tenant data models, dashboards, and integrations.