Matthew McQuillan
Hands-on engineering leader · Denver, CO
Summary
Engineering leader who still sits in the code: APIs, architecture, quality, and coaching. Ships on tight scope, holds the line on release integrity, and uses a J.D. as context for contracts, risk, and client communication.
Selected impact
- Nearly $500,000 in licensing savings by adapting a document generation service to a legacy system with automated Azure container deployment.
- Raised unit test coverage from under 5% to nearly 20% and added a full OpenTelemetry pipeline in Azure Application Insights.
- Prevented a premature release under pressure; nominated for a company award and appointed to a process-improvement panel.
- Migrated schema management from SQL Server DACPACs to Flyway; built JSON schema generation and an F# event-log proof of concept.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer, IRIS Software Group
Feb 2026 – Present- Drove testing culture and standardized API contracts.
- Architected DACPAC to Flyway database deployments.
- Held release integrity under pressure; award nomination and process-improvement panel.
- Built an F# event-log architecture proof of concept with spec-driven development.
Digital Software Development / Engineering Manager, Tuff Shed, Inc.
May 2025 – Feb 2026- Led developers and specialists across software, BI, ERP, and sales systems.
- Added automated tests to Azure container CI/CD via GitHub Actions.
- Oversaw a shift from legacy systems toward event-driven architecture.
- Delivered a document generation service that avoided ~$500k in licensing.
Engineering Manager, Operations and Tooling, AutoStore
Jul 2023 – May 2025- Led a team building integration tools for a robotic warehouse platform in F# with a React UI.
- Operated an event-feed API on Postgres; raised quality through testing, API fuzzing, and automated deployment.
- Presented on empowering employees at a leadership conference in Amsterdam (Sep 2023).
Software Engineer, eCommerce and Configuration, AutoStore
Dec 2021 – Jul 2023- Built .NET Core microservices (primarily F#) with React/Redux front ends.
Full Stack Developer, IRIS Practice Engine
Jan 2020 – Dec 2021- Features and APIs for accounting practice management on SQL Server, C# / .NET Core, TypeScript, and Knockout.
Database Developer, Footprint Business Solutions, LLC
Jul 2014 – Jan 2020- DNN CMS modules and database design in C#, HTML/CSS, and AngularJS.
Education
Master of Information Science, Wayne State University
Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, Indiana University School of Law
Bachelor of Science, Texas State University