Matt Kane
Astro core team 🚀 Gets markdown links the right way around every time
Senior Principal Systems Engineer at Cloudflare
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Career: 11
Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Cloudflare
Oct 2025 - Present
Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Cloudflare
Building a first-class experience for web frameworks on Cloudflare
Founder
Vela Labs
May 2014 - Present
Founder
Vela Labs
Reinventing high-speed photography. Launched the world's fastest camera flash on Kickstarter and successfully shipped hundreds of units.
Framework lead
Astro
Jan 2025 - Nov 2025
Framework lead
Astro
Core Maintainer
Astro
Jun 2024 - Jan 2025
Core Maintainer
Astro
Building the world's fastest web framework
Principal Software Engineer
Netlify
May 2021 - Jun 2024
Principal Software Engineer
Netlify
Ensuring all web frameworks work well on Netlify
Staff Software Engineer II
Gatsby
Jan 2020 - May 2021
Staff Software Engineer II
Gatsby
Making life easier for Gatsby open source users
Head Of Software
aer studios
Oct 2017 - Jan 2020
Head Of Software
aer studios
Leading software development and strategy at a digital agency
Co-founder and CTO
Triggertrap Ltd
Dec 2011 - May 2014
Co-founder and CTO
Triggertrap Ltd
Inventing interesting ways to trigger your camera.
Co-founder
CLEVR Ltd
Apr 2008 - May 2012
Co-founder
CLEVR Ltd
Developing consumer and enterprise web apps
Co-founder
Sphex LLP
Jul 2004 - Apr 2008
Co-founder
Sphex LLP
Developed the top panoramic photo stitching and sharing web app of its day.
Co-founder
Clementine Media Ltd
Sep 2000 - Jul 2004
Co-founder
Clementine Media Ltd
My first startup. We created content and software related to panoramic photography.
Education: 1
University of Bath
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
2004 - 2007
University of Bath
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Credentials: 1
Recognized Beer Judge
Beer Judge Certification Program