# Matthew Gregerson > Software Engineer Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/matthewgregerson I am a software engineer with a passion for developing robust and efficient web applications. I possess a strong foundation in JavaScript, Typescript, Python, and a number of their underlying frameworks. ## Work Experience ### Associate Software Engineer @ CVS Health Jan 2024 – Present ● Contribute to and maintain a scalable Data Platform to enable seamless data publishing and ingestion into BigQuery, Snowflake, and Vertex AI, enhancing the overall data processing pipeline. ● Led a full frontend redesign using Angular, improving user experience (UX) and significantly boosting platform performance. ● Designed and deployed a glossary functionality allowing users to easily access reference points regarding assets and domains, enhancing knowledge sharing and data consistency. ● Spearheaded the Data Access Provisioning project for BigQuery, enabling users to request and manage dataset access through an intuitive platform UI, reducing reliance on GCP and streamlining permission workflows. ● Integrated auditing capabilities for long-term tracking and compliance purposes, ensuring robust monitoring and accountability for data access and provisioning. ● Developed and implemented data pipelines using Python-based Apache Airflow DAGs and Google Dataproc, automating workflows for high data reliability, consistency, and efficiency. Managed scheduling, monitoring, and error-handling to ensure seamless and reliable data flow across multiple cloud platforms. ● Design and deploy scalable Cloud Functions in GCP using Python, enabling serverless compute for event-driven data processing and improving system agility and resource utilization. ● Manage MongoDB database infrastructure, ensuring high performance, security, and scalability for data storage and retrieval. ● Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Data Engineers, Product Managers, and UX/UI Designers to continuously enhance platform features and functionality. ● Optimize platform performance through code refactoring, system monitoring, and troubleshooting, resulting in measurable improvements in platform efficiency. ### Software Engineer @ Tapply Inc. Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area ● Developed React Native components and screens using Storybook and Expo Go to transition the existing application to React Native, enabling a more streamlined and efficient mobile app development process. ● Developed a comprehensive Cypress test suite for an application built with React and Node.JS, resulting in enhanced application reliability and streamlined testing processes. ● Optimized SQL Queries from PostgreSQL database, implementing performance enhancements that led to a 15% improvement in query speeds. ● Implemented new hashing algorithm in data storage, resulting in a nearly 20% increase in data processing speeds. ● Migrated established codebase from Javascript to Typescript, enhancing code clarity, type safety, and maintainability. ● Collaborated effectively with the engineering team, actively participating in code reviews and contributing innovative ideas to improve overall system performance and maintaining best practices. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Rithm School Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States ● Contributed to the Student Information System (SIS) for Rithm School, a large client-facing application built in Python and the Django framework with over 80,000 lines of code. Team consisted of 10 software engineers in total. ● Participated in daily standups, planning poker, as well as weekly meetings reviewing performances and pull requests submitted by myself. ● Completed data model adjustments revolving around adjusting primary keys from character fields to slug fields. Required complex data migrations in Django due to multiple many-to-many relationships in the database relating to this table. ● Implemented new functionality to their student profile page, highlighting private vs. public information for each user. Maintained 99%+ testing coverage on the application. ● Transitioned application from Django Cache framework to Redis Cache Framework, both in development and production. Connected this caching framework to both AWS and a PostgreSQL database. ### Web Developer @ Jordache Enterprises, Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York City Metropolitan Area ● Developed web applications for Jordache Enterprises, a privately held conglomerate responsible for Jordache, U.S. Polo, and more. ● Designed and implemented custom applications with Shopify and WordPress environments to meet specific business needs. ● Utilized HTML, CSS, and Javascript to develop responsive and dynamic web solutions. ● Led the creation and refinement of wireframes using Figma, ensuring optimal user experience and functionality in web application development projects. ● Oversaw full lifecycle of application development with 100% on-time delivery while staying under budget. ● Implemented SEO best practices, including keyword search, meta tag optimization, and content optimization strategies, resulting in significant increases in organic search traffic and higher search engine rankings. ### ENL Teacher @ NYC Department of Education Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Brooklyn, New York, United States ● Worked as a 3rd grade ENL teacher at PS89, where I work with general education classes, supporting ENL students, in addition to my newcomer students. ● Designed and implemented a curriculum to be used for our school's large newcomer population. PS89 Elmhurst has the largest ELL population of any elementary school in New York City. With 40+ new students coming yearly, I began a Newcomer Program, where students were pulled out of the classroom and worked in small groups on both academic and SEL-focused projects. ### English Second Language Tutor @ English for Business Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | São Paulo Area, Brazil ● Spent seven months working for private English tutoring companies as well as freelancing on the side in Sao Paulo, Brazil. ● Taught children ranging from 9-16 as well as business-oriented adults. ● Focused on intermediate to advanced level English, with topics ranging from industry specific ideas (business, banking, etc.) to TOEFL preparation for younger students. ● Time management was key, as traveling from class to class across the city was one of the most challenging aspects of teaching in a city this size. ### English Second Language Teacher @ Kudos International School Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Pangyo, Seoul, South Korea ● Worked in a private school in Seoul, South Korea. Taught students between the ages of 6 and 15. ● Taught speaking, listening, and writing in an English immersion kindergarten program. ● Taught creative writing, debate, and conversation to 1st grade students. ● Designed detailed lesson plans and extra materials like worksheets, special projects, and tests. ● Taught reading courses and created lesson plans based on young adult novels. ● Individually developed a new capsule program for grade 1 debate, which focused on the students discussing varied topics in class, followed by each student drafting their own argumentative essays on the subject. ## Education ### Computer Software Engineering Rithm School ### Master's degree in Education Hunter College Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 ### TEFL Certification in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Boston Academy of English Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science and Government University of Rhode Island Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matthewgregerson --- Source: https://flows.cv/matthewgregerson JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/matthewgregerson/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23