Matthew Beller
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
A computer scientist with a background in finance, Matt has developed software for tech and finance firms on many different platforms. He learns new technologies quickly and delivers quality code on time and on spec. Matt has strong communication skills and knows how to thrive both in small, agile teams as well as in large, compartmentalized corporations.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Unix, Git
The most amazing...
...thing I've done is led the development of an accounting system that tracks Bitcoin payments.
Work Experience
Director of Financial Systems
GoCoin
- Spearheaded development and administration of an accounting system for tracking Bitcoin payments.
- Developed Ruby on Rails JSON REST APIs.
- Modified the open source project 'bitcoin-ruby' to be cryptocurrency-agnostic and allow multiple concurrent instances.
- Optimized SQL queries and caching systems to provide internal and user-facing analytics data.
- Scaled and extended a double-entry accounting system to handle high concurrent loads and reporting requirements.
Founder
Flash Family Foto
- Built a Ruby on Rails website for users to schedule family photo shoots and view their photos.
- Managed a pool of contract photographers who performed photo shoots.
- Implemented jQuery and Ruby-based UX allowing photographers to upload 2GB+ batches of photos to Amazon S3.
- Created scripts to automatically process, crop, and resize batches of digital photos.
- Configured a Stripe payment system.
Examiner
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
- Developed software tools to analyze data provided by financial firms.
Information Systems Analyst
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- Assisted a mail server team in administering a PKI system among board employees.
- Performed QA on internally developed Lotus Notes applications used in board operations.
- Designed, drafted, and deployed an internal website providing support information and tutorials for an internal email system.
- Provided mobile device user support to high profile board employees.
- Sat in Alan Greenspan's chair one time.
Experience
Toastr
https://github.com/drush/toastrThe GoCoin API
Skills
Languages
CoffeeScript, Haml, Ruby, SQL, VBScript, Perl, SCSS, Sass, C++
Frameworks
minitest, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Bootstrap
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, Devise, Stripe
Tools
RSpec, Git, Adobe Photoshop, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Access
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, Plugin-Based Architecture
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Heroku, Unix
Other
ActiveAdmin, Bitcoin, HTML Email
Storage
Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Finance
The Florida State University - Florida
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
The Florida State University - Florida
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