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Matthew Copenhaver

Mclean,VA

Summary

Strategic Lead Software Engineer with several years of experience designing, developing, testing, and automating software solutions. In-depth understanding of modern cloud technologies, with a focus on delivering innovative customer-focused business solutions.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Lead Software Engineer

Capital One
McLean, VA
07.2012 - 03.2025
  • Envisioned, architected, and developed a self-service rules engine for business-critical decisions, empowering credit analysts.
  • Led development, testing, deployment, and monitoring of a business-critical, customer-facing website.
  • Established an automated testing and DevOps culture throughout the organization.
  • Created automated monitoring and alerting systems for multiple critical applications.
  • Automated deployment processes of complex applications to ephemeral testing environments and production.
  • Championed the adoption of serverless technologies throughout the organization.
  • Conducted code reviews to ensure quality and adherence to standards.
  • Mentored junior engineers on best coding practices and methodologies.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Systems

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
05-2012

Skills

  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS DynamoDB
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • DevOps
  • JavaScript
  • Serverless Technologies
  • API Design
  • Software Architecture
  • Automated Testing
  • Agile Methodologies

Certification

  • AWS Certified Developer, Associate - 2018
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Associate - 2021

Timeline

Sr. Lead Software Engineer

Capital One
07.2012 - 03.2025

Bachelor of Science - Information Systems

Carnegie Mellon University