Matt Baer

summary

Matt Baer is, among other things, a broad generalist software developer with over 15 years of professional experience building web and mobile applications across a range of industries: education, social media, and human resources.

Today, he helps people create, build, and socialize on the open web through his suite of web publishing platforms and open source tools. He is an advocate for privacy and interoperability on the open web.

current

January 2015–
Founder, Musing Studio
Brooklyn, NY

Musing Studio is an independent product studio building tools for creating, sharing, and connecting around creative work on the open web.

It starts with Write.as — a clean, focused place for your writing, whether you write for yourself, friends, or strangers. Writers, magazines, and public libraries use it to create blogs, newsletters, and entire com­mu­ni­ties. Today it serves over 4.5 million daily page views across more than 500,000 sites.

Musing Studio is a profitable, founder-owned and operated small business.

past

October 2015–February 2018
Senior Mobile Engineer, Breezy HR
Jacksonville, FL

Expanded the capabilities of a user-friendly applicant tracking system to mobile, launching a native Android app and developing the iOS app in Swift.

Breezy was acquired by Learning Technologies Group in 2019.

June 2013–July 2015
Lead Android Developer, SportsYapper
Jacksonville, FL

Led Android development on a top-ranked sports social media app.

SportsYapper was shut down in 2015.

March 2012–May 2013
Web / Mobile Developer, MoGo Mobile, Inc.
Blacksburg, VA

Extended the functionality of augmented reality platform FreshAiR, enabling immersive educational experiences for students around the world.

MoGo Mobile was disbanded in 2013 and later shut down.

January 2007–August 2009
Junior Developer, Tracen Technologies
Manassas, VA

Designed and built websites, including the company website at the time, and several client projects.

education

August 2008–May 2012
Radford University
Radford, VA

Major | B.S. in Computer Science: Software Engineering & Database
minor | Music History