Matty Hogan
Verified Expert in Engineering
Mobile Developer
Brookline, MA, United States
Toptal member since October 31, 2022
Matty is a serial entrepreneur, C-level officer of startups, and an engineer who specializes in full-stack product development for AI and Agentic products. He is recognized as a subject matter expert in AI agents, having shipped dozens of AI products to market during his tenure as CTO of Pompeii Labs, and has consulted on AI initiatives used by hundreds of thousands of people today.
Portfolio
Experience
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP) - 5 years
- Node.js - 5 years
- Full-stack - 5 years
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) - 5 years
- PostgreSQL - 4 years
- API Integration - 4 years
- TypeScript - 4 years
- AI Agents - 3 years
Work Experience
Co-founder
Pompeii Labs
- Developed a consumer debate app powered by AI, which lets users instantly generate a debate about any topic between two characters of their choosing (e.g., Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden).
- Partnered with YouTubers Sam and Colby (10+ million subscribers) to make a GenZ-focused mental health iOS app called Xhale.
- Engineered Nero—Pompeii Labs' take on JARVIS from Iron Man. Live both on the website and iOS app, Nero is instantly available, hooked into your Spotify, Google Calendar, and Gmail (to name a few), and can carry out complex tasks on your behalf.
- Built a media streaming and compression API service in Rust, simply for internal use and convenience.
- Scrape the web to automate different data sources that feed the AI app.
Software Development Engineer
Amazon.com
- Developed a support solution for cryptographic key exchange algorithms.
- Modified and deployed code improvements to the Echo family of Alexa devices.
- Made performance and security improvements to machine learning servers.
- Create a web scraping solution to gather valuable information about Echo devices.
Fractional CTO
Thoughtly
- Acted as interim fractional CTO for rapidly growing AI agent startup Thoughtly.
- Scoped and developed key features within the AI agent and surrounding platform.
- Improved quality and performance of websocket connections.
- Implemented native integrations and webhooks with APIs like Google, HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Salesforce, and more.
- Improve the data pipelines to scrpae the web and enrich the AI database.
CEO
Spark
- Developed a two-sided iOS app that helped homeowners rent their driveways as parking spots and helped drivers find those spots as more convenient parking.
- Led product & marketing teams through initial product launch and growth.
- Executed sales campaigns and pitched organizations for partnerships.
Project History
Nero (JARVIS)
ConnecDing
Wynd, Inc.
Certifications
Lean Six Sigma
Fidelity Investments
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, Stripe API, Stripe Connect API, Stripe, OpenAI API, Google Calendar API, Gmail API
Tools
Git, Xcode, Figma, Whisper, Ngrok
Languages
Swift, TypeScript, Python, JavaScript, SQL, C++, C, Rust, Java
Frameworks
SwiftUI, UIKit, Core ML, React Native, Svelte, OAuth 2
Paradigms
Model View ViewModel (MVVM), Management, REST
Platforms
Amazon EC2, iOS, Docker, Firebase, Heroku, Android, AWS Lambda, Twilio, DigitalOcean
Storage
PostgreSQL, MySQL, DB, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Cloud Firestore, Google Cloud
Industry Expertise
Lean Six Sigma
Other
Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Process Improvement, Lean, Authentication, Proof of Concept (POC), APIs, Supabase, Artificial Intelligence (AI), OpenAI, Large Language Models (LLMs), CTO, Mobile App Development, Full-stack Development, Technical Leadership, API Integration, Full-stack, Chatbots, Mobile Apps, FastAPI, Data Engineering, Back-end, AI Agents, Embedded Systems, Machine Learning, Cryptography, SWOT Analysis, Amazon RDS, Messaging, Natural Language Processing (NLP), LangChain, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT), Social Media Apps, Architecture, Deployment, Voice Activity Detection (VAD), Scraping, Web Scraping, Solution Architecture, TypeORM, Audio, OpenAI GPT-4 API, Smart Devices, Caching, Leadership, WebSockets, Networking, Jarvis AI, Open-source LLMs, ElevenLabs Solutions, Streaming, Nango, Data Encryption, Anthropic, AI Voice Agents, SvelteKit
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