Matthew Chitty
Senior Backend Engineer
mk2business@gmail.com · BC, Canada
Backend engineer with 10+ years building scalable web platforms, APIs, and developer tooling. Passionate about clean architecture, performance, and mentoring.
Work History
Senior Backend Engineer — Skunkworx Technologies
Remote
· Mar 2022 -
Present
Lead backend development for a multi-app Symfony platform serving social, ecommerce, and community features. Designed the modular per-app architecture and mentored junior engineers.
Backend Engineer — Nimbus Cloud Systems
Austin, TX
· Jun 2018 -
Feb 2022
Built and maintained REST APIs and background job pipelines for a SaaS analytics product. Reduced API p95 latency by 40 percent.
Software Developer — BrightPath Digital
Austin, TX
· Jan 2015 -
May 2018
Developed features for e-commerce clients using PHP/Symfony and MySQL. Owned deployment pipeline and on-call rotation.
Education
University of Texas at Austin
B.S., Computer Science · Aug 2011 -
May 2015
Graduated with honors. Coursework in distributed systems, databases, and algorithms.
Skills
AI Management
PHP / Symfony
MySQL
Doctrine ORM
JavaScript
Docker
REST API Design
Team Leadership
Certifications
Certified Symfony Developer
SensioLabs
· Issued Sep 2019