Matt Gefen

Software Engineer

Full-Stack Software Engineer based in Boulder, Colorado with a passion for learning and problem solving.

I'm currently working at Roadtrip Nation to build accessible, educational web-based experiences for students looking for career guidance.

Talk to me about hiking, books, video games, and D&D.

About Me

Hi folks! I’m Matt Gefen and I love building things with code!

I started my career in the data analytics space, discovering a passion for development as I moved into analytics + data engineering.

After an incredible learning experience in General Assembly’s Software Engineering Immersive in late 2021, I fully jumped into Software Engineering.

Now I work at Roadtrip Nation as a Full Stack Engineer working primarily in React!

Skills + Technologies

Javascript
React
Express

Python
Django
Postgres

Node
MongoDB

C#
Unity

Javascript
React
Express
Node
MongoDB

Python
Django
Postgres
C#
Unity

Experience

Full Stack Engineer

Analytics Engineer

Sales and Market Research Analyst

Full Stack Engineer

Roadtrip Nation

February 2022 - Current

- Build interactive and accessible web courses geared towards connecting over 15,000 students annually with tangible career paths using React/Typescript.

- Craft RESTful APIs and supporting data infrastructure to provide custom resources to over 30 unique partners.

- Architect the back end and front end of a vertical video playlist feature inspired by YouTube Shorts, enabling the presentation of over 100 hours of unique video content to more than 2,000 daily users.

- Leading the refactor and migration of products to a modern codebase using Next.js 14, improving performance and maintainability with a seamless user experience.

Projects

Junction

Full Stack Community Builder built in the MERN Stack

Poemverse

Full Stack Poetry Anthology Builder built in Django

Birb Watcher

Full Stack Bird Watching Log built in Node + Express

Magic Tourney

Front End Turn-Based Battle Game built in Javascript