Personal Profile

Experienced front-end engineer with a particular interest in data visualisation, accessibility and good UX practices. Previous background in data science and psychology.

Work Experience

Founding software engineer

Flux.ai

January 2020 - Present

Joined Flux.ai as the first non-founder software engineer hire in a small team of <5. The product is designed to enable collaborative hardware design in real-time, akin to a "Figma for hardware".
Designed, developed, and maintained an innovative browser-based, fully-programmable electronic circuit simulator using Typescript and cutting-edge technologies such as WebSockets and React-three-fiber.
Conducted performance optimizations to ensure the simulator could handle complex circuits in real-time.
Engaged with the initial user base community to gather feedback, improve user experience, and drive early adoption.
Facilitated team growth, resulting in a successful transition to a team of >20.

Front-end developer (freelance)

Various clients

December 2018 - January 2020

Interesting projects included; creating an online marketplace for machine learning algorithms and designing and implementing the front-end interface for an open-source graph database.
For the online marketplace, designed a user-friendly interface for buyers and sellers to browse, purchase, and upload algorithms. For the graph database, created an intuitive and responsive front-end that allowed users to visualize and explore complex data relationships.
Demonstrated strong problem-solving, innovation, and technical skills in delivering these projects as an individual contractor.

Front-end developer

Signal Noise (The Economist Group)

February 2017 - December 2018

Agency clients included Mckinsey, The Telegraph, and Trading Screen.
Developed interactive and engaging dashboards using d3 and React, successfully ensuring that each project met the required standard of usability and performance across all major devices/browsers.
Demonstrated strong leadership skills in leading the development of the "Quo" wealth management platform as the lead frontend developer, with collaborators across multiple time zones.
Key contributor to boilerplate 'starter app' configuration which enabled us to speed up development for all team members on all client projects.

Junior front-end developer

VisualDNA

August 2015 - February 2017

Maintained the reliability and functionality of an image-based quiz platform, ensuring a positive user experience and minimizing downtime.
Led an effort to internationalize the quiz and make it available in dozens of locales worldwide.
Successfully rewrote the WHYAnalytics marketing platform using React, resulting in improved maintainability, scalability, and user experience. Demonstrated strong teamwork, problem-solving, and technical skills in the migration process.
Won two consecutive internal hackathons, demonstrating a track record of success in developing innovative solutions under pressure.

Key Skills

React >=16.0.0
Redux
RxJS
R Studio
D3.js
Three.js

Matt Oxley

Senior Front-end Developer