Matt Trask

May 2025 — Present

• — Leveraged Lambdas to automate data file processing, increasing data integrity, removing manual interventions, and streamlined processing times.
• — Integrated AWS Lambda with Salesforce Event Bus to ingest Change Data Capture (CDC) events, automating lead enrollment and reducing manual intervention.
• — Leveraged Laravel and Livewire to rapidly build an AthenaHealth-integrated web app, bridging the gap between complex EHR data and intuitive clinical workflows for the clinical team.
• — Systematically migrated distributed AWS Lambdas into a core Laravel environment, eliminating architectural complexity while enforcing modern PHP best practices and rigorous test coverage to accelerate feature velocity.
• — Leveraged AWS CDK to automate infrastructure, moving the team away from manual console configuration toward a scalable, code-first architecture.

Mar 2022 — Apr 2025

• — Architected a query builder for AWS Neptune GraphDB, handling an estimated 9–12 million queries a day, replacing a memory-intensive flat-file PHP array caching system.
• — Led and empowered a team of high-performing software engineers, fostering a collaborative environment that delivered complex projects on tight deadlines.
• — Coordinated efforts building and maintaining APIs vital to iOS and Android app functionality, processing an average of 12 million requests a day conforming to modern REST and OpenAPI standards.
• — Orchestrated cross-functional collaboration among backend engineering, iOS, Android, QA, and project management teams.
• — Championed technical initiatives notably advocating for and implementing GraphDB technology in alignment with the software architect and director of backend engineering.
• — Led adoption of PHP 8.0, PHP 8.1, Symfony 6, and Doctrine 2 across the engineering organisation.
• — Spearheaded the migration from an in-house content platform to WordPress, empowering content and marketing teams with streamlined tooling.
• — Led development of an email verification system, cutting spam sign-ups across all three apps.
• — Improved codebase robustness by implementing PHPStan, PHPCS, and PHPUnit to improve pre-deployment quality checks.

Aug 2019 — Feb 2022

• — Maintained and expanded a multi-family residential management back-office application built with Laravel and Vue.js.
• — Orchestrated cross-functional collaboration between teams in Texas, Tennessee, and Belarus with a weekly architecture review board to decompose an aging monolith using microservices/SOA.
• — Technically led engineers across various teams to align project timelines, resources, and technical solutions to meet client milestones.
• — Led a cross-functional team building a drop-shipping platform integrated with a BigCommerce CMS front end.

Feb 2018 — Jul 2019

• — Optimized application performance by refactoring code, improving database queries, and leveraging caching.
• — Built and automated an audit log to track changes across the product catalog using the Doctrine event handler.
• — Developed features enabling the product team to dynamically control catalog pricing, driving a 30% increase in revenue.
• — Developed back-office features for Marketing, Trust and Safety, Distribution, and other teams enabling better insights into the product catalog, merchants, and buyers.

Oct 2016 — Feb 2018

• — Led development and maintenance of an Applicant Tracking System integrated with an HR SaaS platform, streamlining onboarding into benefits, payment, and time-tracking services.
• — Integrated the ATS with third-party APIs (Facebook, LinkedIn, Indeed) to automate job postings, significantly reducing HR and hiring manager workload.
• — Implemented custom branded domain job postings for clients via AWS S3 static website hosting.
• — Developed and automated API documentation for vendor integrations, facilitating seamless third-party connectivity.
• — Mentored junior engineers and an offshore team in Jaipur, India on Laravel, PHP, REST, and JavaScript.

May 2016 — Aug 2016

• — Refactored legacy code, improving reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• — Implemented internal API documentation using Swagger (now OpenAPI), improving communication between backend, frontend, and mobile teams.
• — Automated API documentation generation with TravisCI on every release.
• — Developed features based on venue feedback to enhance the ticket purchasing experience.

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