a swiss army knife
Senior Fullstack Developer
curriculum vitae
Matan Bendix Shenhav
- matan@shenhav.fyi
- +33 6 42 31 84 04
- www.shenhav.fyi
- Dutch citizen
I've worked in a variety of positions in tech, and now freelance as a fullstack dev. I have a wide range of skills, and function well in small startup teams that require team members to wear many hats. I work hard and deliver clean code, but know when to cut corners to meet delivery targets. I've done major architectural work that tackles technical debt across the stack and significantly improved team velocity.
frontend∙backend∙devops∙ui/ux design∙data science∙writing∙agile
09/22-present
Freelance Fullstack Developer
Self-employed
Developing various apps and site for clients.
Python∙Vue∙PrimeVue∙Svelte∙SQLite∙FastAPI∙uv∙docker∙GitHub Actions
10/21-08/22
Senior Software Developer
Karsa (Startup)
Built software allowing non-technical users to detect chemicals using a mass spectrometer.
- Independently designed, developed and delivered major features of the MVP.
- Introduced major performance improvements that made the product usable despite large datasets and analytical queries.
- Standardized Javascript and Python code and framework style to improve team velocity, reduce the maintenance burden and ease onboarding of new developers.
- Introduced Docker containerization and tooling, and Git best-practices.
Python∙JavaScript∙Vue∙Buefy∙HTML5∙CSS3∙SQLite∙Gitlab
10/19-02/21
Product Owner
Sievo (Enterprise SaaS Scaleup)
Worked alongside the product manager to plan, prioritize and manage technical development, coordinating between stakeholders.
- Coordinated ticket backlog, roadmapping and architecture for core AI microservices.
- Facilitated agile processes such as backlog grooming, retrospectives and post-mortems.
- Managed stakeholder communication between developers, marketing, sales, design and senior management.
- Participated in sales and support meetings with customer and prospect stakeholders.
- Hosted customer webinars and helped develop other marketing material.
- Designed and implemented new drill-down analytics dashboards.
- Drafted a successful €2M+ Eurostars funding application for a new sustainability product, leveraging environmental and social LCA to enable quantitative CSR.
Agile∙Backlog Grooming∙Spring Planning∙Multistakeholder communication∙Marketing∙QlikSense
09/17-09/19
Data Scientist
Sievo (Enterprise SaaS Scaleup)
Developed a new NLP-driven supplier record normalization microservice in Python.
- Coarchitected, implemented, deployed and supported a human-in-the-loop AI microservice with internal UI.
- Took ownership of DevOps tasks such as containerization, CI/CD pipelines and Git practices and tooling.
- Facilitated organization wide knowledge building in data science by organizing a weekly seminar exploring new tools and methods.
Python∙NLP∙Docker∙SQLServer∙Jira∙Jenkins∙Bash
2004-2017
Graphic Designer & WordPress Developer
Freelance
Executed graphic and web design, branding and copywriting jobs for small companies.
Illustrator∙Photoshop∙WordPress∙Bash
05/21-11/21
EU Grant Writer
Freelance
Freelanced as writer of Eurostars grant applications and helped develop projects and consortia for R&D performing SMEs.
Technical Writing∙Project Management∙EU Grants
academic background
Biomathematician
By training, I am a biomathematician: I was interested in mathematically describing social and biological networks. In the end, I decided I want to do stuff instead of just think about it, and decided to leave academic pursuits for professional practice.
06/14-04/15
Ecology Researcher
MRC, University of Helsinki
Developed a stochastic spatial ecology simulation framework.
R∙Stochastic Processes∙Metacommunity Theory
2009-2013
MSc Biomathematics
University of Vienna
Specialized in stochastic processes and risk management in biological and social networks.
Networks∙Stochastic Processes∙Probability∙Dynamical Systems∙Game Theory∙Population Genetics∙Philosophy of Science
2010-2017
Private Tutor
Freelance
Tutoring children of various ages in mathematics, physics and chemistry.
Mathematics∙Physics∙Pedagogy∙Empathy
2005-2009
BSc Mathematics & Physics
University of Utrecht
Double degree covering the basics of the Physics and Mathematics disciplines.
Scientific Methodology∙Elements of Physics & Mathematics
community minded
Engaged Citizen
In recent years I have gotten interested in the civil society, in particular the associative sector and the social economy. I've also been interested in agroecological practices and community-orientated living for years.
03/23-09/24
Open-Source Maintainer
Threlte (Core Team)
Core team member in the leading Svelte framework for 3D graphics in the web. Contributed major PRs and played a key role in community engagement and team organization.
Svelte∙Three.js∙Theatre.js∙FOSS Community
07/23-04/24
WWOOFer / Farmhand
Organic Farms
Volunteered in a small commercial organic vegetable farm in Provence and a mountain homesteading farm in the Savoie.
Permaculture∙No-till∙Homesteading∙Livestock
01/23-07/23
Web Developer & Designer
Global Ecovillage Network
Helped streamline a legacy website's navigation and content in preperation for fundraising. The site had decades of legacy content and plugins contributed by dozens of volunteers. The network is composed of several regional organizations, making the site complex.
WordPress∙Associative Sector∙Ecovillages∙Multitiered Orgs
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