Hi, I'm Matt. I'm a Solutions Architect and Full-Stack Engineer who has been building for the web since 2013.I specialize in architecting high-performance applications, crafting polished front-end experiences, and integrating AI-driven solutions for platforms that serve millions of users.The "right" way to solve a problem is constantly evolving. There are always new techniques to discover and new voices to learn from. Taking pride in my work has committed me to the philosophy of life-long learning.
Experience
Solutions Architect
Perficient, Inc2021 - PresentArchitecting enterprise content and e-commerce platforms serving 16M+ monthly visits across multiple brands. Building conversational AI applications with LLMs and RAG, and leading a weekly AI briefing to keep engineering teams ahead of the curve.
Lead Software Engineer
Perficient, Inc2019 - 2021Designed a cross-platform SSO authentication system using Azure B2C and Akamai, unifying login across a microservices-based e-commerce platform. Introduced front-end test automation with Cypress and Jest that cut UI-related production bugs in half.
Senior Software Engineer
Perficient, Inc2018 - 2019Built component-driven UI architectures for enterprise e-commerce platforms using React, Vue.js, and Next.js. Replaced a costly over-fetching REST layer with GraphQL and Apollo Client, and reduced JavaScript bundle size by 35% through tree-shaking and Webpack optimizations.
Full-Stack Engineer
Threshold 3602016 - 2018Built a browser-based 3D virtual tour platform using React, Three.js, and WebGL, eliminating ~$48K in annual third-party licensing costs. Developed a real-time image processing pipeline with Node.js and AWS Lambda, reducing processing time from 5 minutes to under 30 seconds.
Software Engineer
HSN (Home Shopping Network)2014 - 2016Modernized the order management front-end and built an internal workforce planning tool for a live television shopping platform. Integrated Oracle Omnichannel marketing into HSN.com, directly lifting email click-through rates by 40% and on-site conversion by 30%.
Web Developer
VIP Software Corp.2013 - 2014Built document generation tools for legal and insurance workflows using JavaScript and Ruby on Rails. Developed Node.js web scrapers that automated marketing lead acquisition and contributed to an internal real-time messaging application.
Projects
A self-hosted content aggregation and search platform that ingests heterogeneous web data, runs it through an AI-powered enrichment pipeline, and serves it via a polished UI with hybrid semantic search.
Centralized identity and access management for multi-app Supabase environments. SSO with passkeys, JWT claims wired to PostgreSQL RLS, and a non-engineer-friendly admin dashboard.
Built a plugin-based pipeline with Django and Celery that automates structured data collection from web sources, with normalized output, webhook delivery, and idempotent execution guarantees.
Built intelligent chat interfaces for financial institutions using RAG and vector search. Reduced customer service response times by 60% and improved automated response accuracy by 40%.
Multi-tenant AI chatbot platform for wine education. Organizations deploy custom sommeliers backed by structured knowledge bases and vector embeddings, configurable per tenant without code changes.