David Matthews
Senior Software Engineer at Neko Health
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Matthews is a frontend-leaning senior software engineer and former engineering manager with 7 years of experience building user-focused digital products across fintech and health tech. Currently at Neko Health in Stockholm, he brings hands-on expertise in TypeScript, React and React Native and a track record from Klarna where he led a team of 10 and worked on the company-wide design system. He pairs product-minded thinking with delivery leadership—having moved from product management roles in the UK civil service to technical leadership in fast-paced engineering teams. Comfortable shipping internal tools and public-facing interfaces, he emphasizes quality, usability and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Fluent in Japanese studies and with early international experience in Japan, he often applies a global, user-centric perspective to product decisions.
7 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A.) Japanese Studies, Master of Arts (M.A.) Japanese Studies at SOAS University of LondonBachelor of Arts (B.A.) History, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) History at University of YorkA-Levels, A-Levels at King Edward VI College, StourbridgeGCSEs, GCSEs at Thorns Community College, Dudley
English, Japanese
Github Skills (52)
rendering10
nodejs10
frontend10
react10
django9
django-rest-framework9
api9
python8
sanity7
structured-content6
realtime6
cms5
workspaces4
gatsby-plugin3
colours3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
debitan/SDM-Japan
Jan 2020 - Aug 2021
Code repo for SDM-Japan, a supported decision making charity
Contributions:41 PRs, 134 pushes, 47 branches in 1 year 7 months
decision-makingsdmdecisionsupportedcharity
debitan/nDesign
Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:32 PRs, 62 pushes, 45 branches in 2 months
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