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I'm Matthew Lehner. I live in Victoria, BC, where I help great folks build great software.

For over 20 years, I’ve worked in the tech industry. I’ve founded successful businesses and worked in high-growth organizations as an individual contributor and executive. This breadth of experience has helped me understand where my strengths and passion intersect. I’m happiest and most effective when working as an individual contributor in a people-first organization.

I bring a mix of product, engineering, and leadership skills to my day-to-day, and love to ship customer-focused solutions while mentoring and learning from my colleagues. I like being a part of a team and thrive when I feel like I am helping to build resilient, high-performing teams where we all share in our successes and learn from our failures.

I’m a full-stack developer. I’m just as happy optimizing database queries or writing yaml for a K8S cluster as I am talking with design about vertical rhythm and building UIs that delight.

My preferred tech stack is Elixir/Phoenix/LiveView with Tailwind CSS, some JavaScript, and Postgres deployed to Fly.io or a managed K8S cluster. I’ve been working with Elixir for almost a decade now. I’ve also worked extensively with Ruby on Rails, React, Next.js, and TypeScript and managed infrastructure on AWS, GCP, and bare metal with Terraform and Ansible.

I’m a great fit in a small, autonomous team that is close to its customers and has a mission to ship great work.

Work

  1. Fly.io logo
    Company
    Fly.io
    Role
    Staff Developer
    Date
  2. Fluorescent Design Inc. logo
    Company
    Fluorescent Design Inc.
    Role
    CTO (Fractional)
    Date
  3. OneFeather logo
    Company
    OneFeather
    Role
    CTO & Technical Co-founder
    Date
  4. Pixel Union logo
    Company
    Pixel Union
    Role
    Director of Engineering & Product
    Date
  5. OneFeather logo
    Company
    OneFeather
    Role
    Founding Developer
    Date
  6. Scripps Health logo
    Company
    Scripps Health
    Role
    Senior Frontend Engineer
    Date
  7. MPL Software logo
    Company
    MPL Software
    Role
    Principal
    Date
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