A glimpse into my professional experience.

I've been building software since 2012. Though I specialize in building cloud-based web applications, I have dabbled in many technical disciplines across the stack and throughout the software development lifecycle.

Projects & Products

  • Catio Console

    The Catio Console is the main user experience product for the Catio tech evaluation and improvement platform. As Lead Fullstack Engineer, I own the architecture and implementation of our Next.js web application and GraphQL API server.

    catio.tech

  • Trust Cloud

    Spec's Trust Cloud is a real-time security defense platform that is currently protecting the web traffic of some of the largest brands in the world. As the founding engineer, I designed and developed their enterprise security defense web application, then went on to build and lead the entire engineering and compliance organizations.

    specprotected.com

  • Confluence

    Confluence, an Atlassian product, is the most widely-used workplace documentation product in the world. I worked on the core navigation and discoverability features for their cloud-based web application, and also designed and built their automated, interactive, and multi-stage release pipeline.

    atlassian.com

  • Atlassian Navigation

    Atlassian Navigation is a core component of the Atlassian design system, which is utilized across all of their cloud products. I worked with a special project team to research, design, develop, and integrate this navigation experience and all associated components.

    atlassian.design

  • Echo Show

    Amazon's Echo Show is their only Alexa-enabled household device with a screen. I developed an internal web application which enabled marketers and brand partners to create, schedule, and deploy advertising campaigns to devices worldwide in the form of custom camera filters.

    amazon.com

  • ThreatMetrix ID

    ThreatMetrix ID was the fraud industry's first dynamic representation of digital identities on the internet. I designed and developed an interactive graph visualization which allows fraud analysts to inspect the complex history of user behavior on the web across many websites and devices.

    lexisnexis.com

  • Personal Portfolio

    The website you are browsing right now was built by me using modern web technologies. Over time I will likely test out new libraries in this very over-engineered project. You can view the source code on my Github profile.

    github.com

  • Synergy SIS

    The Synergy Student Information System, developed by Edupoint, provides end-to-end educational management services for K-12 schools across the United States. I worked on their .NET platform and focused on enhancements to their administrative reporting framework.

    edupoint.com

  • Blitz Racing Cycling Club

    Blitz Racing is the cycling club for which I race bikes. I developed a simple landing page for our team where we can share information about our events, sponsors, and results.

    blitzracingcc.com

Work

  1. Company
    Catio

    Role
    Lead Fullstack Engineer
  2. Company
    Spec

    Role
    Lead Software Engineer, VP of Engineering
  3. Company
    Atlassian

    Role
    Software Engineer
  4. Company
    Amazon

    Role
    Software Engineering Intern
  5. Company
    ThreatMetrix

    Role
    Software Engineer
  6. Company
    Edupoint

    Role
    Software Engineering Intern
  7. Company
    Apple

    Role
    Technical Advisor

Skills

Legend

High ProficiencySome ExperienceSome Exposure

Programming Languages

TypeScriptJavaScriptJavaC#SQLPythonSwiftPHPBashRubyC++Objective-C

Frontend Technologies

HTMLCSSReactDesign SystemsD3.jsStorybookFigmaNext.jsTailwind CSSBootstrapjQueryMDXGraphQLApollo ClientAngularReduxGatsbyVueBackbonePHPSvelteIonic

Backend Technologies

Node.jsExpress.jsNext.jsApollo ServerREST APIsGraphQL APIsNginxServerlessKafka.NETRuby on RailsSpringDjangoFlaskTomcat

Database Technologies

PostgreSQLMySQLDynamoDBMongoDBMicrosoft SQL ServerFirebaseOracle DatabaseCassandraRedisElasticsearch

Build, Test, & Deploy Tools

NPMYarnJestCypressEnzymeTesting LibraryGitHub ActionsGitLabCircleCIBambooWebpackBabelESlintDockerKubernetesTerraformAWS CloudFormationSeleniumBitbucket PipelinesViteTravis CIJenkinsAWS CodeDeployMavenGradle

Cloud Infrastructure

Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareAkamaiFastlyVercelHerokuDigitalOceanMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud Platform

Management & Leadership

Engineering ManagementTechnology StrategyAgile DevelopmentEmployee DevelopmentTechnical RecruitingHeadcount PlanningProject ManagementVendor ManagementComplianceProduct ManagementInvestor RelationsEmployee ExperienceBudget ManagementMergers & Acquisitions

Communication

Verbal CommunicationTechnical DocumentationKnowledgebase ManagementSales EngagementsPublic SpeakingFundraisingPodcasts

References

  • Heather Doshay

    Partner, People + Talent at SignalFire

    I worked with Matt as VP Engineering for Spec as his VC Talent Partner, and was incredibly impressed with him. He brought a great balance of kindness and discipline to hire and manage his functional area intentionally. I've been hiring engineers for about a decade and worked with hundreds of enginee...

  • Anthony Micara

    VP of Product Success at Spec

    It has been a rewarding experience working alongside Matt Kharrl for over two years at Spec, where he was the founding engineer. His evolution into a multifaceted leader was truly remarkable and a testament to his capabilities.

    Matt’s diverse skill set is a rare find and proved to be a cornerstone i...

  • Justin Wayne

    Senior Software Engineer at Spec

    As a senior engineer in Matt's organization at Spec, I've watched him excel in leadership as a technical lead, Engineering Manager, and VP of Engineering. He established the processes we needed to scale up our team, provided the vision to coordinate our efforts, nurtured a strong engineering culture...

  • Grant Redfearn

    Staff DevOps Engineer at Spec

    Besides being absolutely prolific in producing process, documentation, and strategy — Matt has an innate ability to inspire. I was privileged to watch him grow a small team of senior engineers into a highly productive engineering organization with unmatched culture. Always leading by example, and ta...

  • Matt was founder and engineer #1 at Spec. He's built prototypes, UX frameworks, deployment pipelines, and finished products that now serve Fortune 500 enterprises. Matt's a passionate "all-in" engineer who knows what it takes to prove it out, make it work, make it scale, and make it special. He's a ...

  • Dean Weinert

    VP of Product Management at ThreatMetrix

    Matt fulfilled an internship at ThreatMetrix under my supervision during the summer of 2017. During that time, I developed a high regard for Matt based on the outstanding contributions he made on several high-profile projects.

    He demonstrated that he is technically capable with a wide array of langu...