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matthew Ettler

@matthewettler

I am a Principal Software Engineer specializing in cloud-native platforms, runtime optimization, and media infrastructure.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I seek remote-first senior engineering roles focused on cloud-native platform optimization, performance tuning, observability, and mentoring teams to deliver cost-effective, resilient systems.

I am a Principal Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience building and scaling distributed systems, focused on media infrastructure, developer enablement, and compute platform optimization.

I designed and operated a large-scale AWS-based media supply chain and led architectural design for a multi-year, ~$6M modernization initiative, improving runtime performance and reducing cold starts across JVM and .NET workloads.

I have coached over 120 engineers, managed up to five direct reports, created reusable internal libraries adopted across teams, and led hiring and technical interview design to raise senior hiring standards.

Remote-first by design, I deliver resilient, cost-effective cloud-native architectures, emphasize observability and cost efficiency, and enjoy fixing hard production problems while enabling cross-functional teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Principal Software Engineer

Current

Slalom Consulting

Mar 2018 - Present (7 years 5 months)

Embedded at a Fortune 100 media company, led design and operation of a large-scale AWS media supply chain platform and implemented resilient retry and observability strategies. Drove a multi-year ~$6M modernization initiative, coached 120+ engineers, and managed up to five direct reports to improve platform reliability and developer enablement.

AWS Lambda AWS Step Functions AWS CDK CloudFormation .NET Optimization Observability