# Riley Mathews > Senior Software Engineer Location: Franklin, Tennessee, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/rileymathews Software developer with 5 years of experience writing web applications. Currently utilizing Python/Django and Kotlin/Spring to build backend web services. Previously working with Ruby/Java to build authentication applications and services utilizing OAuth2/OpenID Connect. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Mercury Jan 2024 – Present ### Senior Software Engineer @ Eventbrite Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Nashville Metropolitan Area * Currently working on a full-stack team focusing on building reporting and insights for event creators. Utilizing Python/Django with React. * Worked on a project to create a new micro-service for Event lifecycle management using Kotlin/Spring. ### Software Engineer II identity and access management @ Ramsey Solutions Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Franklin, Tennessee Worked on an enterprise platform team to build and maintain an authentication and authorization platform for end users as well as machine to machine communication. Utilizing open protocols such as OAuth2 and OpenID Connect. ### Professional Musician @ Almanac Ridge -- Bluegrass Band Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Greater Nashville Area, TN • Creating musical arrangements of original songs or covers ranging from traditional folk songs to modern tunes. • Playing shows for events throughout the greater Nashville area. • Playing banjo, singing lead, and harmonies. ### Junior Developer @ Nashville Software School Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Nashville • NSS is a fast paced intensive six month full stack development bootcamp, the last three months of which were conducted in a simulated SCRUM environment while we built python web applications. • Building fast and responsive single page web applications with javascript. • Source code version control with git/github. • Component styling with css as well as frameworks such as bootstrap and bulma. • Working with javascript libraries and frameworks including jquery, and react. • Building flat data structures with ERD diagrams. • Deploying web applications through platforms including github pages, aws s3, and aws ec2. • Command line file management and automation with tools such as grunt and npm. • Leveraged Django framework for creating server-side python web applications. • Created servers and rest APIs with Django rest framework to save data in a sql database. • Implemented unit tests within python applications • Developed and deployed a front end development capstone project. ### Music Instructor @ Guitar Center Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Nashville Area, TN • Created personalized learning plans based on each students personal learning goals. • Taught lessons and wrote out musical examples while explaining larger music theory concepts. • Taught lessons on guitar, music technology, banjo, mandolin, and bass. ### Professional Musician @ Cedar Point Amusement Park Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Sandusky, Ohio • Worked with musical directors and department leads of a larger entertainment organization to plan out a flexible but repeatable show. • Performed 8 shows each day for 6 days a week throughout the summer. • Played banjo, and sung harmonies in a bluegrass band playing traditional standards as well as bluegrass arrangements of modern pop music. ## Education ### Full Stack Web Development Nashville Software School Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 ### Commercial Music in Music Technology Belmont University Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/riley-mathews - GitHub: https://github.com/RileyMathews --- Source: https://flows.cv/rileymathews JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rileymathews/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23