Matt Mills Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

As Staff Software Engineer at ArtStorefronts, I help research AI-driven initiatives, develop and maintain our reusable React component library, create internal tools, and lead development of ArtHelperAI.Lead AI integration research and development initiatives for ArtStorefronts' applications and built prototypes utilizing OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Vercel AI, and LangChain.Designed and developed a reusable React component library with Vite, Shadcn, and Storybook.Created internal tools for AI model training and prompt engineering, allowing internal teams to enhance the quality of content generation for products.Oversee all UI design and development of ArtHelperAI, a platform that provides a suite of AI-enhanced content generation tools for artists.Successfully launched ArtHelperAI MVP within 45 days, from concept to production.Technologies:Node.js | React | GraphQL | AWS | Artificial Intelligence | Pulumi | Serverless Stack (SST) | OpenAI | PostgreSQL

Art Grab is an artist-owned platform that enables digital artists to exclusively license their artwork and animations to musicians, bands, and record labels.Some of my accomplishments as the Co-Founder and CTO include:Designed and implemented the entire front-end and back-end architecture for a global artist-owned platform, enabling over 10,000 artists to license 200,000+ digital assets to musicians, bands, and record labels.Created a seamless user experience using Vue.js for the front-end, integrating with a robust custom API to handle secure asset uploads, artist management, and client interactions.Established a custom CI/CD pipeline using Docker and GitHub Actions, deploying to AWS ECS with features like auto-scaling, CloudWatch monitoring, and event-driven processes.Implemented advanced features such as AI-backed image tagging (Imagga), secure payments and subscriptions (Stripe, PayPal), automated email notifications (Postmark), and a headless CMS (Contentful).Engineered scalable solutions for image and animation processing, including resizing, watermarking, compression, and secure storage on AWS S3.Scaled the platform to produce over $1.5M in revenue for independent artists, empowering creators worldwide to monetize their digital art.Tech Stack: Vue.js, PHP, AWS (ECS, S3, CloudWatch, EventBridge), Docker, GitHub Actions, Stripe, PayPal, Postmark, Contentful.

Austin, Texas, Us

Led the frontend engineering team in developing intuitive human-to-robot interfaces and real-time robotics monitoring systems, enhancing operational efficiency.Collaborated closely with product and UX teams to redesign critical client-facing interfaces, successfully rolling out the new designs to over 30 hospitals, resulting in improved user satisfaction and engagement.Spearheaded the migration of CI/CD pipelines to GitLab, leveraging ArgoCD and Kubernetes, which streamlined the deployment process and enhanced system reliability.Implemented comprehensive unit testing frameworks, elevating code coverage from 0% to over 80%, ensuring robust and maintainable codebases.Played a key role in defining and implementing company-wide development standards and technology stacks for web applications, fostering a culture of best practices and high-quality code.Mentored and guided engineering interns and junior developers, providing thorough code reviews and technical direction, contributing to their professional growth.Technologies: React, TypeScript, Redux, Next.js, Nest.js, Node.js, Firebase, Python, CSS, PostgreSQL, AWS.

Austin, Texas, Us

My team was focused on developing Sysco Shop, the application that handles shopping and order creation for all Sysco customers and generates more than $20M per day in revenue. I mainly participated in feature development of the front-end project (Node.js, React, Redux) but also contributed to many of our backend services (Node.js and Java).Responsibilities included:Led integration of Elasticsearch with Sysco Shop. Built custom user interfaces for product search, filtering, categorization, and typeahead search.Led development and maintenance of a UI component library (React, CSS, Storybook) used by all application development teams.Designed and implemented complex analytics integration with Tealium.Development of new websites for sysco.com, syscolabs.com, and sygmanetwork.com. Built custom components for Magnolia CMS using a combination of Java, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.The configuration of CI/CD pipelines for various software projects. Included containerizing (Docker) applications, building out Kubernetes clusters (AWS EKS + Terraform), configuring multiple environments (development, QA, staging, production), configuring GoCD server, custom elastic build agents, and multiple build and deployment pipelines.

Austin, Texas, Us

As a founding member of the Austin-based team at Sysco LABS, I helped drive the conception, design, and development of various software products aimed at restaurant owners/operators and consumers.Some of my responsibilities included:Wireframed and conceived product requirements for web, iPhone, and Android software applications. Software used includes Balsamiq, Sketch, and InVision.Participated in rapid user experience design and web, iPhone, and Android application prototyping. Software used included Sketch, Photoshop, Principle, Javascript, React, Node, and InVision.Development of web, iPhone, and Android applications. Built and styled applications using HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Projects involved using React, React Native, Java, and Node to create cohesive interfaces for Sysco and CAKE products.

Austin, Tx, Us

Responsible for all system administration and web development tasks for the Austin-based video game development studio. Responsible for configuring and maintaining all internal Windows and Linux servers and external Linux-based web servers.Managed Google Apps for Work as the Super Admin responsible for all aspects of the company email, document, and calendar tools.Designed and coded front end for complex office seating chart application using Balsamiq, Photoshop, Node.js, Express.js, Jade, JQuery, HTML5, and CSS3.Designed and coded multi-page marketing website and community forum for an Apple-featured iOS game using Balsamiq, Photoshop, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, JQuery, and Node.js.Designed and coded responsive HTML email templates for use by internal company departments using HTML and CSS.Installed, configured, and managed multiple WordPress websites and development environments using PHP and MySQL.Designed and coded custom theme and dashboard page for Atlasssian Confluence application using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.Designed and coded multiple internal tools for company departments using HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, Node.js, Bootstrap, PHP, MySQL, MongoDB.

Cogsy was acquired by CAKE Corporation (a Sysco company) in 2015.Co-founded Austin-based startup to enable small business and individuals to create beautiful and easy-to-use websites.Developed visual identity of the Cogsy application including web design, corporate branding, video editing, coding, and support; technologies used include HTML 5, CSS3, LESS, JavaScript, Backbone.js, Node.js, Handlebars.js, JQuery, and Bootstrap.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Performed web design/development, tools development, scripting, server management, application support, hardware troubleshooting, and enterprise level user management; broke down technical roadblocks in an extremely fast-paced environment.Designed and built internal- and external-facing websites using HTML, CSS, Javascript, Apache, PHP, and MySQL; designed corporate logo and branding using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.Installed and managed HP and Dell servers running Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Ubuntu; configured and administered virtual servers using VMware ESX, vSphere, and Workstation.Executed enterprise-level software installation, configuration, and administration for products including Atlassian JIRA and Confluence, Hansoft, ConceptShare, and MediaWiki. Managed users with Microsoft Exchange and Active DirectoryConfigured and managed MySQL and PostgreSQL databases; installed, configured, and administered networked licensing systems for critical software applications including Autodesk Maya and Pixologic ZBrush.Administered version control software (Perforce), managed user creation/permissions and developed custom scripts.Built and customized internal hardware and software inventory systems for servers, PCs, and Macs utilizing Spiceworks software; also developed custom database queries for reporting on the stored data.Created new hire setup processes including workstation image creation and deployment, user account creation scripts, desk/hardware allocation and configuration, and served as the first point of contact for new hire technical assistance.Migrated entire user environment from a local domain to one connected to the entire Disney corporate network; also migrated the entire local environment from Microsoft Windows XP to Windows 7.

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