Matthew Walden

Software Engineer II • Scalable Systems • Developer Experience

Engineer building reliable, observable & developer-friendly services

I design and build production systems that serve millions. I focus on strong type safety, resilient event-driven architectures, and tools that accelerate teams.

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Core Stack

  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • React/Next.js
  • TailwindCSS
  • AWS
  • TRPC
  • Redis / Valkey
  • MongoDB
  • Postgres
  • Kubernetes
  • Observability
  • Monorepos
Matthew Walden

About

I'm a 21-year-old full-stack developer with a passion for creating web applications and Discord bots. I've been developing websites since I was very young and have had the opportunity to work on numerous projects, some with dedicated communities. Currently, I'm working at State Farm as a Software Engineer, and on ReAdmin, a Roblox HR platform.

Apart from programming, I enjoy running, mountain biking, HAM radio, studying weather phenomena, flying drones as a licensed Part-107 pilot, and photography. I also created a Christmas light-show for my community called "Lights on Angel," which uses over 2,500 individually controlled LEDs.

Experience

Software Engineer II — State Farm

Sep 2025 – Present
Bloomington, IL
Remote
  • Evolving internal observability platform (event flow graph + replay) to cut MTTR for production incidents.
  • Driving consistent telemetry (structured logs + traces) powering actionable health dashboards.
  • Maintaining monorepo standards: dependency hygiene, layered tests, type-safe service boundaries.

Software Engineer I — State Farm

Jan 2025 – Sep 2025
Bloomington, IL
Remote
  • Consolidated 18+ services into a TypeScript monorepo reducing duplication.
  • Built CatTrax enabling targeted remediation of failed telematics events.
  • Shipped redesigned Enrollment UI meeting accessibility + performance budgets.

Enterprise Technology Intern — State Farm

May 2024 – Jan 2025
Bloomington, IL
Internship
  • Built integration test harness for telematics pipeline (Lambda + SQS) gating production promotion.
  • Prototyped early TypeScript concepts.

Full‑stack Developer — Bloxlink

Jun 2021 – May 2024
Remote
  • Scaled API + site to 2.5M monthly / 15M+ total accounts.
  • Implemented subscription layer (Chargebee) automating entitlement & recurring revenue.
  • Integrated Roblox OAuth2 improving verification flow.

Selected Projects

ReAdmin

Site ↗

Co‑created platform used by 2K+ Roblox groups (hundreds of thousands of users) providing time tracking, remote admin actions, absence automation & staff metrics. Architected with TypeScript, TRPC, Next.js, MongoDB, Redis/Valkey and Kubernetes for scalable real‑time operations.

  • Next.js
  • TRPC
  • Kubernetes
  • Redis
  • MongoDB

Bloxlink

Site ↗

Roblox’s most trusted Discord ↔ Roblox verification platform (acquired by Roblox). Delivered API & frontend optimizations for millions of monthly users; implemented subscription & identity flows.

  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • Redis
  • MongoDB
  • Chargebee

Contact

Get in touch

I’m open to chatting about backend/platform engineering, DX tooling, or impactful product work.

matthew@mwalden.tech

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