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Matt Kane

Matt Kane

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Senior Principal Systems Engineer at Cloudflare

United Kingdom
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Serial entrepreneur and software engineer. I love startups and inventing things.

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Career: 11

Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Cloudflare

Oct 2025 - Present

Building a first-class experience for web frameworks on Cloudflare

Founder

Vela Labs

May 2014 - Present

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

Core Maintainer

Astro

Jun 2024 - Jan 2025

Building the world's fastest web framework

Principal Software Engineer

Netlify

May 2021 - Jun 2024

Ensuring all web frameworks work well on Netlify

Staff Software Engineer II

Gatsby

Jan 2020 - May 2021

Making life easier for Gatsby open source users

Head Of Software

aer studios

Oct 2017 - Jan 2020

Leading software development and strategy at a digital agency

Co-founder and CTO

Triggertrap Ltd

Dec 2011 - May 2014

Inventing interesting ways to trigger your camera.

Co-founder

CLEVR Ltd

Apr 2008 - May 2012

Developing consumer and enterprise web apps

Co-founder

Sphex LLP

Jul 2004 - Apr 2008

Developed the top panoramic photo stitching and sharing web app of its day.

Co-founder

Clementine Media Ltd

Sep 2000 - Jul 2004

My first startup. We created content and software related to panoramic photography.

Education: 1

University of Bath

Bachelor of Science (BSc)

2004 - 2007

Credentials: 1

Recognized Beer Judge

Beer Judge Certification Program

May 2016