John Mathews
Senior Data Engineer
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Mathews is a Senior Data Engineer and versatile data scientist with a decade of experience delivering data-driven solutions across finance, energy, e-commerce and startups. He combines an engineering PhD and ICAEW qualification to bridge rigorous research, financial controls and production ML/data engineering—having consulted for organizations like Shell, Uber, Wayfair and ABN AMRO. As a founder he has shipped novel products (Lettergun’s robot-written notes) and run consultancy ventures, demonstrating a knack for turning creative ideas into reliable systems. His toolkit spans NLP, blockchain, Python engineering and scalable data pipelines, with hands-on experience reducing tech debt and leading small teams. Colleagues value him as a generalist who thrives on stakeholder collaboration and translating complex problems into auditable, deployable outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Civil Engineering with Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, 2.1, Master of Civil Engineering with Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, 2.1 at The University of EdinburghACA, Accounting, ACA, Accounting at Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and WalesA - Levels, Maths, Physics, Further Maths, A, A, B, A - Levels, Maths, Physics, Further Maths, A, A, B at Shrewsbury Sixth Form CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Granular Materials Engineering, Pass, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Granular Materials Engineering, Pass at Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
English, German
Stackoverflow
989reputation
181kreached
20answers
41questions
Github Skills (200)
fastapi10
postgresql10
web-application10
json-schema10
python10
autocomplete10
cookiecutter10
swagger10
language-server-protocol10
htmx10
vim-plugin10
linter10
heroku10
backend10
openapi10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
johnmathews/.dotfiles
Jul 2018 - Apr 2021
Contributions:4 PRs, 226 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 9 months
johnmathews/neovim
Sep 2022 - Mar 2025
my ever changing neovim configuration.
Contributions:1 PR, 188 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
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