Matt McKenna

About Matt McKenna

Versatile Software Engineer with 6+ years of professional experience across a wide range of technologies, React, Vue, Angular.NET, Ionic, Ruby on Rails, Express, Loopback 4, MongoDB, Heroku, SQL, Cypress, Karma, Jasmine, Git, and GitHub. Azure cloud resources including Serverless Functions, Static Web Applications, APIM, and Container Apps.Advocate for safe/scalable AI-assisted development leading to more engineer adoption. Expand AI usage across product team as well to encourage quick wire framing and product exploration. Claude Code and Cursor.I have a true passion for software engineering and continuous learning — whether it’s new frameworks, libraries, APIs, or best practices, I love diving in and solving problems through software.My unique background in sales and business development, combined with engineering, has allowed me to become a valuable communicator across both technical and non-technical audiences. This includes leading in-depth product demonstrations covering new feature development with stakeholders from various teams.I am a seamless collaborator across development teams and with product stakeholders, helping to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical

Experience

1. Lead Front End Software Engineer

   Marchex

   Mar 2022 — Present

   Lead a team of frontend developers in building, maintaining, and scaling high-performance Angular applications.• Implemented an end-to-end testing framework in Cypress, reducing production bugs and improving feature reliability.• Drive technical designs and architecture decisions, ensuring best practices in user authentication, component-driven development, state management and high test coverage.• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and backend teams to deliver seamless user experiences.• Own and manage frontend deployments, testing plans, and feature releases.• Facilitate team meetings and technical discussions, fostering knowledge-sharing and continuous improvement.• Advocate for best practices, including performance optimization, accessibility, and maintainability in UI development.• Lead bi-weekly cross-team product demonstrations, showcasing new feature development to stakeholders across multiple teams.• Leverage Azure cloud resources — including Serverless Functions, Static Web Applications, APIM, and Container Apps — to build and maintain robust, cloud-native application infrastructure.• Work across the full stack while primarily leading UI architecture and development

Education

• University of Connecticut

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Engineering

  2013 — 2017