# Matthew Davenport

> Software Engineer | Marine Corps Veteran | Santa Clara University

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/matthewdavenport

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Second Front
Jan 2025 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Paladin Data Corporation
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Bend, OR
- Built remote storage solutions (ASP.NET Core, EF, IdentityServer) serving 1,400+ clients and their POS systems.
- Created Health Check UI and backend integrations; added Prometheus & Grafana for observability.
- Applied SOLID design with factory/builder patterns and authored RESTful ASP.NET Core services with JWT auth developed in containerized environments.
- Improved uptime +15% using pg_auto_failover and ZFS; migrated TFVC→Git and added Azure YAML CI/CD, cutting deploy time ~25%.
- Tech: C#, .NET/ASP.NET Core, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Firebird, Blazor, MAUI, Linux, ZFS, Docker, Prometheus, Grafana, IdentityServer

### Customer Solutions Specialist @ Verizon Business
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Drove sales by
- Engaging customers to understand their technology needs and sharing product knowledge
- Listening with care to customers to provide solutions that simplify and organize their lives
- Helping customers understand products' functionality, so they can use them effectively

### Corporal @ United States Marine Corps
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | Camp Pendleton North, CA
Section Leader for combined anti armor team (CAAT) 2, Weapons Co, 2/4


## Education
### Computer Science and Engineering in Computer Engineering
Santa Clara University

### Associate of Science - AS in Computer Software Engineering
De Anza College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matthewdavenport1

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Last updated: 2026-04-10