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Ezequiel Matalon

@ezequielmatalon

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Bilingual engineering leader with 20+ years of global team management.

Argentina

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that fosters innovation, values team growth, and offers opportunities for strategic leadership.

I am a bilingual engineering leader with over 20 years of experience in building and scaling high-performing global teams. My career has been marked by a proven track record of driving significant business outcomes, including leading engineering for a $10M acquisition and growing GMV by over $10M while reducing operational costs by 40%. I have a deep understanding of taking companies through the 0-1 and 1-10 phases, ensuring sustainable engineering practices are in place.

As the Head of Engineering at Poplin, I have successfully transformed the engineering landscape for an on-demand laundry marketplace, driving substantial growth and operational efficiency. My leadership has resulted in a tenfold increase in team size and a remarkable reduction in technical debt. I am committed to continuous learning and staying at the forefront of engineering best practices, which has allowed me to present technical strategies and business cases effectively to C-level executives and international stakeholders.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Head of Engineering

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Poplin

Jul 2024 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Led engineering transformation for an on-demand laundry marketplace, driving $10M GMV growth and reducing operational costs by 40%. Reduced support volume by 70% through platform hardening and reliability improvements, while increasing team velocity by 38%.

Global Team Management Platform Architecture Executive Communication Technical Debt Reduction AWS Microservices

Freelance Consulting

Code Starvation

Jan 2007 - Dec 2024 (17 years 11 months)

Provided architecture, development, and hiring services for international startup clients for over 17 years. Possesses multi-language expertise in Java, Node.js, and Rust, focusing on rapid development cycles.

Architecture And Development Hiring Java Node Rust Rapid Development Technical Leadership

Director of Engineering

Lennd

Aug 2018 - Mar 2024 (5 years 7 months)

Led engineering for a $10M acquisition of a virtual events platform and was the founding Head of Engineering for the Sessionboard division, scaling it from $0 to $3M ARR in 2 years. Grew the engineering team by 300% and migrated the platform from Heroku to AWS with Elasticsearch for improved performance.

Product Development Business Growth Infrastructure Management Team Management CI CD Test Driven Development Strategic Planning AWS Elasticsearch

Engineering Manager

AppDirect

Jan 2015 - Mar 2017 (2 years 2 months)

Led distributed engineering and QA teams across the US, Argentina, and Canada, presenting technical strategies to executive leadership. Architected a microservices platform for enterprise client integrations and marketplace functionality.

Team Leadership Technical Strategy Microservices Architecture Hiring QA Marketplace Executive Communication

Technical Lead

Epidata

Jan 2007 - Dec 2015 (8 years 11 months)

Managed 3-5 person development teams and led client-facing interactions for US and international enterprise accounts. Focused on high-availability architecture for enterprise applications.

High Availability Team Management Client Facing Technical Leadership Project Management Software Development System Design

Technical Lead

GSB

Jan 2007 - Dec 2015 (8 years 11 months)

Managed 3-5 person development teams and led client-facing interactions for US and international enterprise accounts. Focused on high-availability architecture for enterprise applications.

High Availability Team Management Client Facing Technical Leadership Project Management Software Development System Design

Technical Lead

Plus54

Jan 2007 - Dec 2015 (8 years 11 months)

Managed 3-5 person development teams and led client-facing interactions for US and international enterprise accounts. Focused on high-availability architecture for enterprise applications.

High Availability Team Management Client Facing Technical Leadership Project Management Software Development System Design

Technical Lead

VUBIQUITY

Jan 2007 - Dec 2015 (8 years 11 months)

Managed 3-5 person development teams and led client-facing interactions for US and international enterprise accounts. Focused on high-availability architecture for enterprise applications.