Elliot DeMatteis

Backend Engineer

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Experience

  • Backend Engineer at Epic Games
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    Lead engineer for Fortnite Ranked and Competitive systems, owning backend services that power ranked progression, real-time leaderboards, and online and in-person tournaments for tens of millions of players Selected for a cross-functional strike team that designed and launched a creator monetization platform enabling microtransactions in third-party Fortnite experiences. Developed commerce backend service processing thousands of transactions per minute. Partner closely with game designers and gameplay engineers to deliver seasonal content in Fortnite, including event-specific leaderboard systems and progression mechanics Own integration between backend competitive services and the Fortnite C++/Unreal client, improving reliability and accelerating feature delivery across gameplay teams

  • Senior Software Engineer at ProbablyMonsters
    Dec 2022 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Developed an internal platform for managing PlayStation 5 and Xbox development kits, enabling automated checkout, provisioning, and reset workflows while improving utilization of shared testing resources across teams Reduced Unreal Engine build and CI turnaround times by migrating to BuildGraph, implementing SN-DBS distributed caching, and replacing Windows cleanup scripts with a custom Rust-based parallel workspace cleanup tool

  • Microsoft (Full-time · 3 yrs)
    • Senior Software Engineer
      Feb 2022 - Dec 2022 · 11 mos

    • Software Engineer
      Jan 2020 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      I led a team of engineers supporting backend services for Microsoft Information Protection (MIP). As our usage grew, my team and I focused on improving scalability and efficiency. During my time on the team, we successfully lowered our compute costs by 50% while decreasing latency by right sizing our infrastructure and migrating from deprecated Azure services (Classic CloudServices) to Kubernetes. In addition to the work on MIP, I designed and built a service to provide teams across Microsoft a way to automatically collect key metrics into a format that made it easy to present and identify trends. These metrics included request volumes, latencies, compliance status, budget information, incident statistics, and anything else the leadership team determined critical. The service was built to be innersourced (source code available internally to anyone) with a focus on ease of onboarding and contribution. When I left the team, the service had been adopted by 5 organizations across Microsoft and over 100 teams.

  • First Information Technology Services, Inc (Bellevue, WA)
    • Information Security Consultant
      Apr 2019 - Dec 2019 · 9 mos

      Working as a consultant for cloud service providers focusing on FedRAMP, DISA CC SRG, PCI, and HITRUST. Duties include: • Conducting compliance reviews of proposed Office 365 architecture as well as internal security tools and deployment platforms. • Work with auditors and engineers to prevent and resolve findings. • Developing internal tools to increase efficiency and consistency of deliverables using Python and PowerShell. • Developing a penetration testing training platform using Ansible, Docker, Rundeck, Jenkins, and Slack.

    • Information Security Analyst
      Mar 2018 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • The Tech Group, Inc. (South Burlington, VT)
    • Senior Managed Services Engineer
      Dec 2017 - Mar 2018 · 4 mos

      Administered Tech Group's 2500+ endpoint managed services program. Designed and implemented automated systems to monitor managed systems, report on network integrity and security, and analyze client feedback.

    • Network Engineer
      Feb 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Worked with clients to design, implement, and maintain tailored hardware and software solutions.