Summary
Matt Doar is a senior software tooling leader based in San Jose, CA, with more than a decade and a half of experience building and evolving Atlassian-powered development environments. As Head Toolsmith at Adaptavist, he leads cross-cutting toolchains and workflows, guiding large-scale Jira implementations and integrations with Artifactory, GitHub, and other DevOps tools. He previously served as Staff Engineer and Senior Jira Administrator at LinkedIn, where he governed a very large Jira instance, trained administrators, and presented at Atlassian Summit 2019. An entrepreneur at heart, he founded Consulting Toolsmiths and the JDiff open-source project, reflecting a passion for transparent release engineering and community-driven tooling. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Networking from the University of Cambridge and a First in Computer Science from St. John’s College, blending rigorous academic training with practical, scalable infrastructure delivery. He remains an active member of the Atlassian community, known for mentoring peers and sharing knowledge across global teams.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Computer Networking, Ph.D., Computer Networking at University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
B.A, M.A, Computer Science, (First), B.A, M.A, Computer Science, (First) at St. John's College, University of Cambridge
english, uk and us