Matthew Smith

I have a background in physics, machine learning, and software engineering. I love learning new things, solving problems, and building quality software.

Experience

• Stripe
  Software Engineer • 07/2025 - Present

  Payments infrastructure and reporting.

• Amazon Web Services
  Software Dev Engineer Intern • 05/2024 - 09/2024

  Developed full-stack GenAI apps to provide root-cause diagnoses of issues in customer's AWS environments. My work contributed to the AIOps functionality launch in Amazon Q Developer.

• LISA Consortium
  Data Scientist • 09/2022 - 05/2023

  Invented novel statistical methods to detect and remove artifacts in time-series data for the gravitational wave observatory. Collaborated with NASA and ESA scientists to validate findings.

• BC Cancer
  Deep Learning Researcher • 05/2022 - 09/2022

  Worked on creating a neural network to identify cancerous cells in microscopy slides. Secured over $10,000 in funding for the continuation of the project.

Education

• Bachelor of Computer Science

  University of British Columbia
  2025
• Bachelor of Science in Honours Physics

  University of British Columbia
  2023