Matt Brubeck: Résumé

Work and Research

blist: Software Engineer

June 2008–present

I am working at a startup, building the world's easiest database.

Amazon: Software Development Engineer

April 2005–June 2008

I worked on the framework for Seller Central, Amazon's seller website. I developed web applications and services using Perl, C++, Ruby, JavaScript, and Java.
I designed, built, and supported the web service that stores and displays all help pages for www.amazon.com, sellercentral.amazon.com, and other Amazon web sites.

GoTech: Web Developer

May 2003–March 2005

I developed web applications for small and medium businesses in ColdFusion, PHP, and ASP.NET, with a focus on usability and accessibility.
I installed and administered GoTech's LAMP development server.

ECRI: Software Development Engineer

June 2002–May 2003

I implemented a new user interface for a geographic analysis program used by police agencies to profile serial criminals.
I wrote bindings in Visual Basic and C++ to connect the Microsoft MapPoint GIS interface to our profiling engine.

Audacity: Lead Developer

November 2001–September 2006

With two other lead developers, I managed the development of a free, open-source audio editor written in C++/wxWidgets for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
I contributed to the build system, added gettext-based i18n, coordinated the localization team, managed releases, and maintained the Debian GNU/Linux package.
I designed, wrote, and implemented the Audacity web site using PHP.

Computer Science Clinic:
Portrayal-Independent Melody Recognition

September 2001–May 2002

Auditude.com, corporate sponsor.
Professor Robert Keller, advisor.

My four-student team developed a program for looking up the name of a song by humming its tune into a microphone.
I implemented digital signal processing algorithms for pitch detection, and was editor of the research paper we delivered along with our working prototype.

Education

Harvey Mudd College:
B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science

September 1998–May 2002

Computer Science courses: Data Structures, Algorithms, Architecture and Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Logic, Theory of Computation.
Mathematics courses: Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, Real Analysis, Abstract Algebra, Graph Theory, Signal Processing, Scientific Computing, Computational Geometry.
Independent study/research courses: Wavelets, Fractional Graph Theory.
Work experience: Grader/tutor for several introductory and intermediate Computer Science and Math courses.

I'm Excited About…

…using good tools. I have professional experience programming in:

Python,
Ruby,
JavaScript,
Perl,
C++,
C,
Bash, and
CFML,

plus some experience in:

PHP,
Erlang,
XSLT,
Java,
Scheme.

…web design and development with standards-compliant HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

…creating portable, internationalized, and accessible web pages.

…web development with Ruby on Rails, Django, and Pylons.

…working on and with free/open-source software. I know how to apply free software licenses, work with developer and user communities, and use standard build/deployment tools.

…GNU/Linux system administration, software packaging, and security.

More?

If you made it this far and you still want more, check out my photos, writing, and more at limpet.net/mbrubeck. Thanks!

Matt Brubeck