Jamie Matthews
Technical Co-Founder at Ovesco CIC Ltd
Lewes, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJamie Matthews is a Technical Co-Founder with 16 years of experience architecting and shipping Python/Django web products while stewarding engineering standards and strategy at DabApps. He combines hands‑on backend expertise—demonstrated by notable open-source contributions to projects like Django REST Framework, Waitress and the influential PHP libraries Idiorm/Paris—with product-minded leadership across startups and scaleups. Based in Lewes, England, he has a strong foundation in computer science and evolutionary systems (MSc) that informs pragmatic, well-tested engineering decisions. Jamie’s work often focuses on robust server-side behavior and developer ergonomics, from pagination and serializer validation to process management and WSGI reliability. Known for refactoring for clarity and improving test coverage, he brings a long-term view on maintainability and developer productivity.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons), Computer Science, BSc (Hons), Computer Science at The University of ManchesterMSc, Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems, MSc, Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems at University of Sussex
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Github Skills (33)
api-rest10
hook10
zeromq10
object-mapping10
serializer10
pytest10
python10
api-design10
restful-api10
django10
testing10
process-management10
wsgi10
watchers10
php10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
j4mie/idiorm
Feb 2010 - Jan 2011
A lightweight nearly-zero-configuration object-relational mapper and fluent query builder for PHP5.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:186 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Jamie significantly contributed to the idiorm project, a PHP-based object-relational mapper (ORM). They implemented and refined core functionalities, including saving and deleting data, and added the capability for COUNT queries. Furthermore, the user improved code readability by adding detailed comments, enhancing documentation, and refactoring internal methods. They also introduced features like where_in, where_not_in, where_not_equal, and various where operators.
queryrelationalzerophp5php
Pylons/waitress
Jun 2013 - Nov 2017
Waitress - A WSGI server for Python 3
Role in this project:Backend Developer & QA Engineer
Backend Developer & QA EngineerContributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 11 comments in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jamie primarily contributed to the backend logic of the waitress WSGI server, specifically addressing issues related to the runner module. They implemented changes to correctly add the current working directory to `sys.path` for resolving module imports. Additionally, the user added tests to verify these changes and the task queue depth logging, ensuring the reliability and stability of the server's core functionality.
pythonwsgi-serverwaitresspython-3python3
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