Contact & Portfolio
Canada; Ottawa, Ontario
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-pengelly-575ba886/
I invite you to explore my GitHub profile: https://github.com/mcpengelly
or my personal webpage: https://mattpengelly.com.
Profile
Professional Summary:
Seasoned Frontend Developer with 9+ years of professional experience specializing shipping client apps. I have hands on experience contributing to codebases of major streaming apps like Warner Bros Discovery's “Max”, HBOMax, LocalNow and NetworkTen. I’ve got proven expertise in building, scaling and internationalizing world class apps with millions of daily users. Most of my work has been with React Native, shipping to ios/android platforms, though I have worked on IOS apps with Swift in recent years.
Key Skills and Technologies:
- Languages & Frameworks: Swift, React/React Native, Typescript, Node.js
- Tools & Platforms: Charles Proxy, Git, Xcode, Android Studio, Simulators, CI/CD pipelines, JIRA, Confluence, Diagrams (Excalidraw)
- Development Focus: Client-side streaming apps, efficient rendering, memory management, API contracts, Real-Time Analytics, Unit Testing, Snapshot Testing, Integration Testing, Accessibility concerns, and more.
- Collaboration: ADDs & LADR, Code Reviews, QA Collaboration and a history of working with product & backend teams on API gateway contracts, deliverables & directly with Real-Time Analytics and DRM. A Strong background in working with remote or local teams of varying sizes.
- Experience leading a development team of 10+ developers within a larger cross-functional group of 30+ members.
Professional Highlights:
- Key contributor to applications used by millions of monthly subscribers like HBOMax 90M active subs or “Max” with millions of daily active users, optimizing performance and user experience while ensuring scalable, maintainable codebases.
- Proven track record in efficiently picking up, navigating and improving complex codebases.
- Effective at following or implementing best practices like coding standards, documentation, to facilitate team collaboration.
Experience