Matt Styles
Staff Software EngineerProvo, Utah
I'm a software engineer with more than a decade of experience designing scalable, high-performance systems — distributed service-oriented architectures, cloud communication platforms, and workflow automation.
Most recently I was a Staff Software Engineer at Lendio, where I led the move to containerized infrastructure and architected an asynchronous loan eligibility engine that earned me Employee of the Year. Before that I spent eight years at XANT, rebuilding a calling platform that handled millions of interactions a day. On the side I build things like Pitaka, a local-first desktop app for searching and annotating an ebook library.
Outside of software, I'm an ultramarathon runner and Luna Athlete, representing Luna Sandals in 50-mile, 100-mile, and other endurance events.
Experience
Lendio
Staff Software Engineer
Jun 2021 – Aug 2026
Lehi, UT
Architected and led a scalable, asynchronous loan eligibility engine that evaluated configurable lending rules across thousands of businesses in multistage batch workflows — recognized as Employee of the Year. Led the containerization of the application stack (Vagrant to Docker Compose), laying the foundation for the move to Kubernetes. Built a TypeScript microservice syncing payroll data from customers' HR platforms, a configurable workflow automation platform for SMS and email across the applicant lifecycle, and an AI-agent integration for automated applicant intake. Provided Staff-level technical leadership across teams.
TypeScriptNode.jsDockerKubernetesSendGridLendio
Senior Software Engineer
Mar 2020 – Jun 2021
Lehi, UT
Promoted to Staff Software Engineer in June 2021.
XANT
Senior Software Engineer
May 2015 – Mar 2020
Provo, UT
Built and maintained the cloud communications platform behind the company's flagship product, handling millions of call interactions per day worldwide. Rebuilt it from a legacy monolith into a distributed, highly scalable service-oriented architecture, and implemented the CI/CD pipeline — unit tests, REST API integration tests, and deployment to AWS, Azure, and local data centers.
PHPRabbitMQMySQLNode.jsGoAWSAzureXANT
Software Engineer
May 2012 – May 2015
Provo, UT
Promoted to Senior Software Engineer in May 2015.
BYU–Hawaii
Research Assistant
Jan 2010 – Apr 2012
Laie, HI
Lead developer of an Android app with thousands of downloads, and co-author of the related paper at ACM Hypertext 2012. Designed and ran a 30-participant user study on radial visualizations, presented at the Visualization and Data Analysis conference. Co-authored a study of "History of Computing" courses at U.S. universities, published in ACM Inroads.
JavaAndroidWot Strat Fan Site and Community Portal
Web Developer
Sep 2011 – Apr 2012
Laie, HI
Designed the MySQL database and built a query interface for comparing and searching thousands of records, with a JavaScript front end and PHP back end.
MySQLPHPJavaScript
Skills
Languages
Backend
Infrastructure
Frontend & Desktop
Publications
An approach to hypertext fiction for mobile devices
ACM Hypertext · 2012
Radial Visualizations for Comparative Data Analysis
Visualization and Data Analysis · 2012
A call for champions: why some 'history of computing' courses are more successful than others
ACM Inroads
Teaching Computer Architecture Through Simulation