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Matthew is strongest in software development across Python, Java, C\+\+, JavaScript, TypeScript, React Native, Firebase, API development, and frontend work, with particular interest in customer\-facing implementation work where he can observe how people use a product and incorporate direct feedback\. At Fidelity Investments, Matthew completed a 10\-week technology internship, building a Java and Spring Boot backend API for asset\-level return calculations, an Angular interface and frontend mockups, and an AWS Lambda workflow for moving API logs from Amazon S3 to PostgreSQL\. He has also founded and led development for ORiON, a social networking app for current and alumni student athletes, and co\-founded AthLink, a React Native, Firebase, and TypeScript social\-networking startup published to the App Store\. Matthew brings substantial teaching experience from multiple Haverford College technical support and teaching\-assistant roles\. He aims to deepen his technical knowledge and apply technology for good\. ## Services - O\.S\. Co\-Design - Java Concurrency - Object\-Oriented Programming \(OOP\) - Microsoft Office - Google Workplace - GitHub - Assembly Language - Data Structures - R \(Programming Language\) - JavaScript - Cascading Style Sheets \(CSS\) - HTML - C \(Programming Language\) - C\+\+ - Bash - Spanish - Leadership - Java - Python \(Programming Language\) - Programming ## Highlights - Earned an M\.S\.E\. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2026\. - Earned a B\.S\. in Computer Science with a Spanish minor from Haverford College in May 2025\. - Completed a 10\-week Technology Intern role at Fidelity Investments\. - Built a Java and Spring Boot backend API at Fidelity Investments to calculate asset\-level returns for stocks, funds, and equities from inception using a start date and investment amount\. - Implemented Fidelity API look\-through functionality to identify assets held within funds and calculate their returns\. - Created an Angular UI for Fidelity asset\-return information and worked with upper management on a client\-facing design\. - Created frontend mockups to communicate the Fidelity product\. - Built an AWS Lambda function to move API usage logs from an AWS S3 bucket to PostgreSQL\. - Founded and served as Lead App Developer for ORiON, an Apple\-device social networking app connecting current and alumni student athletes from different colleges for job\-search support\. - Built ORiON with React Native, Google Firebase, and TypeScript\. - Developed most of ORiON's frontend and many core backend features\. - Implemented ORiON features including direct messaging, posts, user connections, groups, profile views, and post likes\. - Provided frequent ORiON updates to improve efficiency and features\. - Co\-founded AthLink, a social\-networking startup built with React Native, Firebase, and TypeScript and published to the App Store\. - Gathered user feedback and iterated on features based on user preferences\. - Created a JavaScript automation script at GrantExec that updated the grants database with new scouting\-report information, improving accuracy and efficiency\. - Collaborated with GrantExec teammates through progress updates and feedback\-driven refinement\. - Answered CS 251 lab questions at Haverford College across C, C\+\+, Assembly Language, and Logisim Evolution\. - Explained CS 251 concepts including double precision and the free\-store heap\. - Managed CS 251 grade data, analyzed student performance, and provided faculty input on lab design and student understanding\. - Supported approximately 50 students as a CS 105 Teaching Assistant, answering Python lab questions\. - Managed CS 105 grades and student\-performance analysis while collaborating on a challenging, rewarding learning environment\. - Held weekly support hours as a CS 356 Teaching Assistant for assignments, Java concurrency, multithreading, Logisim Evolution circuit work, and polling\. - Communicated CS 356 student difficulties and topics needing deeper coverage to the professor\. - Supported students as a Computer Lab Assistant, with particular focus on Data Structures and Algorithms topics including hash maps, trees, heaps, stacks, and queues\. - Helped students access computer\-lab machines and notified professors of nonworking computers\. ## Experience - **Technology Intern at Fidelity Investments** (2025\-06\-01–2025\-08\-01) — \- Created a backend API in Java with the use of Springboot to find asset level returns for stocks, funds and equities from their inception, based on a start date and investment amount\. \- Implemented the ability to find returns for assets within funds and find their returns as well\. This lookthrough mode could show the user how much of a particular asset they had within their portfolio within funds and as normal assets\. \- Created an easy to understand UI to display this information using an Angular framework\. Worked with upper management of my team to figure out the best design to display this information for their clients\. \- Created an AWS Lambda function to efficiently move API usage logs from an AWS S3 bucket to PostgreSQL\. - **CS 356 Teaching Assistant at Haverford College** (2025\-01\-01–2025\-05\-01) — \- Held weekly hours to help students with any assignments pertaining to the course \- Helped students learn how to use the Java concurrency library and general questions about multithreading \- Also helped students with the co\-design portion of the course helping them build circuits in Logisim Evolution and explained concepts such as polling \- Ensured I kept my professor notified if any students were struggling or if a topic should be covered in more detail during the course - **Lead App Developer at ORiON** (2023\-08\-01–2025\-02\-01) — \- Responsible for providing frequent updates to the app to consistently improve its efficiency and features\. \- Used a React Native framework with Google Firebase for the back\-end and TypeScript for the front\-end\. \- Helped implement features such as direct messaging, posting, connecting with other users and joining groups with other users, seeing who viewed your profile and liked posts on the app along with much more\. \- Developed a majority of the front\-end of the app, while also developing many of the core back\-end features\. - **CS 251 Teaching Assistant at Haverford College** (2023\-06\-01–2024\-12\-01) — \- Answered student questions about their labs in C, C\+\+, Assembly Language and Logisim Evolution \- Helped explain concepts such as double precision and the free store heap \- Managed data on grades and analyzed student performance \- Working with the professors to give input on how to write and explain labs effectively as well as tell then how I believe students are understanding the material of the course - **Computer Lab Assistant at Haverford College** (2023\-01\-01–2023\-05\-01) — \- Held weekly hours to help students with any assignments they were given in any of their classes \- Helped mostly students in the Data Structures and Algorithms course in learning data structures such as hash maps, trees, heaps, stacks and queues \- Ensured all students were able to log onto the machines in the computer lab and notified professors if any computers were not working - **Software Engineer Intern at GrantExec** (2022\-12\-01–2023\-03\-01) — \- Created a script in JavaScript that allowed any new information from a “scouting report” to be automatically updated into the database of grants improving the accuracy and efficiency of our database\. \- Collaborated with team members, providing updates on progress and incorporating feedback to refine my work\. - **CS 105 Teaching Assistant at Haverford College** (2022\-08\-01–2022\-12\-01) — \- Answered student questions about their labs in Python and was responsible for a class of about 50 students \- Managed data on grades and analyzed student performance \- Working with professor and fellow teaching assistants to create a challenging, but rewarding learning environment ## Education - Master of Science in Engineering\- MSE, Computer and Information Science — University of Pennsylvania (2023\-06\-01–2026\-05\-01) - Bachelor's degree, Computer Science — Haverford College (2021\-01\-01–2025\-01\-01) - High School Diploma — Deer Park High School (2017\-09\-01–2021\-06\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Matthew do? Matthew is an aspiring software engineer with an M\.S\.E\. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania\. He is interested in deepening his software engineering knowledge, working in customer\-facing implementation contexts, and using technology for good\. ### What is Matthew's educational background? Matthew earned an M\.S\.E\. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2026\. He earned a B\.S\. in Computer Science and a Spanish minor from Haverford College in May 2025, and he holds a high school diploma from Deer Park High School\. ### What technical skills does Matthew have? Matthew works with Python, Java, C\+\+, C, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Bash, R, React Native, Firebase, Spring Boot, Angular, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, PostgreSQL, GitHub, and object\-oriented programming\. His listed skills also include data structures, Assembly Language, Java concurrency, O\.S\. co\-design, Microsoft Office, Google Workplace, Spanish, leadership, and programming\. ### What did Matthew accomplish at Fidelity Investments? At Fidelity Investments, Matthew completed a 10\-week technology internship focused on backend work, API development, frontend mockups, and product presentation\. He created a Java backend API using Spring Boot to calculate asset\-level returns for stocks, funds, and equities from inception based on a start date and investment amount\. ### How did Matthew make Fidelity's asset\-return information usable? Matthew implemented a look\-through mode that identified assets held within funds and calculated their returns, helping users understand how much of a particular asset they held through funds and as normal portfolio assets\. He also created an Angular UI to display the results and worked with upper management to determine a design for clients\. ### What cloud and data work did Matthew do at Fidelity? Matthew created an AWS Lambda function that moved API usage logs efficiently from an AWS S3 bucket to PostgreSQL\. He also developed frontend mockups to communicate the Fidelity product\. ### What is ORiON, and what was Matthew's role? As Lead App Developer at ORiON, Matthew created and founded a social networking app for Apple devices that connects current and alumni student athletes from different colleges to support job searching\. He provided frequent updates to improve the app's efficiency and features\. ### What technologies and features did Matthew develop for ORiON? Matthew built ORiON with React Native, Google Firebase for the backend, and TypeScript for the frontend\. He developed most of the frontend and many core backend features, including direct messaging, posting, user connections, groups, profile\-view visibility, and post likes\. ### What is AthLink? Matthew also co\-founded AthLink, a startup that built a social networking app using React Native, Firebase, and TypeScript\. The app was published to the App Store\. ### How does Matthew approach product and customer feedback? Matthew has demonstrated the ability to gather user feedback and iterate on features based on what users like and dislike\. He is drawn to customer\-facing work because it enables him to see his work in action and receive direct feedback from users\. ### What did Matthew accomplish at GrantExec? As a Software Engineer Intern at GrantExec, Matthew created a JavaScript script that automatically updated the grants database with new information from a scouting report, improving database accuracy and efficiency\. He collaborated with teammates, shared progress updates, and incorporated feedback to refine the work\. ### What did Matthew do as a CS 251 Teaching Assistant at Haverford College? As a CS 251 Teaching Assistant at Haverford College, Matthew answered lab questions involving C, C\+\+, Assembly Language, and Logisim Evolution\. He explained concepts including double precision and the free\-store heap, managed grade data, analyzed student performance, and worked with professors on writing and explaining labs effectively based on student understanding\. ### What did Matthew do as a CS 105 Teaching Assistant at Haverford College? As a CS 105 Teaching Assistant, Matthew answered Python lab questions for a class of about 50 students\. He managed grade data, analyzed student performance, and worked with the professor and fellow teaching assistants to create a challenging and rewarding learning environment\. ### What did Matthew do as a CS 356 Teaching Assistant at Haverford College? As a CS 356 Teaching Assistant, Matthew held weekly hours for assignment help, taught students to use the Java concurrency library, and answered questions about multithreading\. He also supported the course's co\-design work by helping students build circuits in Logisim Evolution and explaining polling, while keeping his professor informed about student struggles and topics needing additional coverage\. ### What did Matthew do as a Computer Lab Assistant at Haverford College? As a Computer Lab Assistant at Haverford College, Matthew held weekly hours to support students with assignments across their classes\. He particularly helped Data Structures and Algorithms students understand hash maps, trees, heaps, stacks, and queues ensured students could log on to lab machines and notified professors when computers were not working\. ### What teaching experience does Matthew have? Matthew's teaching roles involved answering technical questions, explaining complex computing concepts, managing and analyzing grade data, monitoring student progress, and communicating with faculty about areas where students needed more support\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/matthewheinen