About Me
Clint Mathews
Lead Backend Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience building high-performance distributed systems that power enterprise-scale platforms.
What I Do
I architect and build the backend systems that organizations depend on. My work spans the full lifecycle of distributed platforms: authoring foundational RFCs, designing microservice architectures, implementing high-throughput data pipelines, and optimizing observability at scale.
I also collaborate closely with hardware/firmware teams, CX, and Product to translate complex requirements into reliable technical solutions, and mentor junior engineers through rigorous code reviews.
Experience
Technical Lead (Senior Software Engineer)
Ford Motor Company · Remote, India
Aug 2022 – Present- Orchestrated end-to-end delivery of scalable backend services for the monolith-to-microservices transition, coordinating design, development, and deployment
- Served as the lead technical translator between Product and engineering — converting feature requests into scoped technical requirements — and between engineering and the hardware team, jointly planning and implementing integration work end-to-end
- Collaborated with hardware and firmware teams to resolve complex cloud-to-charger integration issues, ensuring seamless OCPP compliance for new charger models
- Partnered with CX and Product teams to translate customer requirements into technical features, directly improving UX for fleet managers
- Mentored junior engineers through rigorous code reviews, improving code quality and reducing ramp-up time
- Owned L3 production support for critical services, maintaining 99.95% uptime and driving root cause analysis for incident resolution
- Authored 3 foundational RFCs to define technical strategy for OCPP 2.x adoption and core platform services
Software Engineer
Experion Technologies · Hybrid, Kochi, India
Aug 2019 – Jul 2022- Directed technical delivery across 4 enterprise projects, spanning 2 complex frontend and 2 scalable backend systems
- Mentored teams of up to 10 developers while managing the full SDLC from requirement gathering to production deployment
- Contributed to a SaaS-based inventory tracking product, integrating with Sage ERP and increasing customer satisfaction by 25%
Skills
Languages
Golang · Python · TypeScript · JavaScript · C#
Backend & Cloud
NestJS · .NET Core · Kafka · AWS · Docker · Flask
Databases
PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis · MySQL
Frontend
React · Angular · Next.js · HTML5/CSS · jQuery
DevOps & Tools
Datadog · Pandas · NumPy · Jupyter Notebooks · Bash · Git · CI/CD · Jira · Confluence
Architecture & Patterns
Microservices · Event-driven architecture · Circuit breakers · Bulkhead isolation · Backpressure · Async job queues · RFC authorship · OCPP protocol
AI/ML (Emerging)
GPT-4 integration · AI platform engineering & MLOps · Intelligent caching · Parallel processing for LLM workloads
Go Systems Programming
gRPC (client-streaming) · Protobuf schema design · Zero-allocation / low-GC hot-path design · Concurrent worker-pool pattern · Lock-free ring buffers · pprof profiling
AI-Assisted Dev Workflow
Claude Code · Google Antigravity · GitHub Copilot for Enterprise · Cursor · OpenRouter · Ollama (self-hosted LLM) · Langfuse (LLM observability)
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Mar Athanasius College of Engineering · Kothamangalam, Kerala, India GPA: 7.88 / 10
Awards
- "Go that Extra Mile" Award, Ford Pro, 2023
- Retail & Pro Services Technology Hackathon Finalist, Ford Pro, Q4 2025
- Spot Award, Experion Technologies, Apr 2022
- Award of Excellence, Experion Technologies, Oct 2021
- R&R Award, Experion Technologies, Oct 2020
Let's Connect
I'm always open to conversations about backend engineering and distributed systems.