Matthew Boback. Backend and platform engineer in Toronto.
I work across backend services, product interfaces, and deployment. At MnB Security, I build tools for managing building access and researching potential customers. I also run StageFlow and AlchemizeCV, two independent products that grew out of problems I wanted to solve.
- 2026 — present
Platform Engineer
MnB SecuritySole engineer on the software for a commercial security integrator. A cloud-managed access-control and video platform whose site computers keep authorizing card taps through internet outages, and a research tool that prepares company evidence and outreach drafts for human review.
- 2026 — present
StageFlow
Independent · live productA website quality tool that brings five checks into one report and compares scans to show what changed.
- 2024 — present
AlchemizeCV
Independent · in productionA job-application product: evidence-grounded résumé tailoring, a catalog of over a thousand job boards, and Greenhouse submission that runs only after the user approves it. Live at alchemizecv.com.
- Earlier
Web Developer & Accessibility Lead
Design4AccessMoved a 200-page site between content management systems while keeping it at WCAG 2.0 AA. That is where the accessibility focus in StageFlow comes from.
Roles
Backend, platform, or full-stack engineering where one person is trusted with architecture, operator UX, testing and deployment together.
Systems
Systems that support everyday work: reliable services, useful AI tools, and interfaces that help people make decisions.
Where
Toronto, Canada, hybrid, or remote. Open to contract work as well as full-time roles.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science
Carleton University