# Matt Dickenson

> I enjoy working with teams to solve large-scale technical challenges.

Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/mattdickenson

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Block
Jan 2020 – Present | Denver, Colorado, United States
Tech lead for Square AI. Building LLM-based features for merchants using first- and third-party data.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Uber
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Louisville, Colorado, United States
- Implemented real-time object detection & localization on autonomous vehicles at
10 frames-per-second 98% accuracy within 0.5m using Python and C++
- Increased real-time location tracking of Uber Freight trips by 88% using Kafka and Cassandra
- Automated extraction of building footprints from satellite imagery (F1 score: 0.67) using
Python, Spark, and TensorFlow
- Built active learning framework to label 250k images/month using React and Redux

### Software Engineer @ Ibotta
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Denver, Colorado, United States
- Improved content personalization by building a recommendation system for 10m users
using ElasticSearch and Java
- Reduced false positives in fraud detection saving over $500k/year in support costs

### Software Engineer @ Automated Insights
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Durham, North Carolina, United States
Implemented natural language generation systems for clients in sports, real estate, and
automotive industries using Ruby and MySQL


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Duke University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014

### Bachelor of Science - BS
University of Houston
Jan 2007 – Jan 2010


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matt-dickenson-334649337

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Last updated: 2026-03-23