Hi! 👋 I'm Matthew Godwin, a senior software engineer with well over 6 years of professional experience designing, developing, and implementing a wide variety of custom software solutions for everything from supporting critical business applications to building data infrastructure for both business and operational intelligence.
I'm primarily a backend web developer and data engineer, although I have plenty of experience with frontend web development in React and operations technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. I also have certifications in both Microsoft Azure and Snowflake.
Currently looking for new professional opportunities, and excited to pick up new skills while honing the ones that I already possess!
Thetford, in the English county of Norfolk, was the birthplace of Thomas Paine in 1737. Although he was never a lord, I've always had a special admiration for the forward-thinking author of Rights of Man, and at some point I decided to honor him in a silly little way by making a username out of his hometown, upgrading him to nobility in the process.
My profile picture is a bust of Thomas Muir, another historical figure and contemporary of Paine who has long been an interest of mine. He lived a very eventful and interesting life, and I would very much like to do the same! (Perhaps minus the naval battles...)
I have devoted myself to the cause of The People. It is a good cause – it shall ultimately prevail – it shall finally triumph.
(Thomas Muir, 30 August 1793)
- 👋 My pronouns: he/him/his
- 🔍 Looking for new professional opportunities!
- 👨🎓 Graduated from Texas A&M University, class of 2017
- 👨💻 My top professional skills:
- 🐍 Python 3.12
- 🟪 .NET 8 with C#
- ☕ JavaScript and 🟢 Node.js
- ❔ SQL and 🌱 NoSQL (MongoDB enthusiast!)
- 🛠️ data engineering
- 🐋 DevOps and CI/CD
- 🔬 I’m currently learning:
- ⌨️ TypeScript and 🦕 Deno
- 🔶 dbt
- ☁️ unfamiliar cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)
- 💡 I'd like opportunities to learn or use:
- ⚙️ Rust or 🐹 Go
- 🎸 Django
- 🕸️ GraphQL
- 🧱 Databricks
- 📋 I'm currently working on:
- 🎡 Apache Airflow services for job-hunting
- 📓 Citadel, a Next.js + MongoDB web application for helping writers build personal wikis for their projects
- 🔡 Lexodus, an application for helping lovers of language build their own conlangs
- ⚔️ a fantasy novel of my own, as well as other miscellaneous writing projects
- 🕺 My personal interests and hobbies:
- ⏳ My favorite history topics:
- 🇫🇷 the French Revolution and the age of Napoleon
- 📜 the "English Revolution" of the Stuart period
- ⚜️🦁 the Hundred Years' War, 1337 to 1453
- ⚓ the "Second" Hundred Years' War, 1689 to 1815
- 🗺️ the "New Imperialism" of the 19th century and decolonization
- 🪖 World War I and ✊ the Revolutions of 1917
- 📬 Let's chat! Email me at: matthew.godwin@protonmail.com