Summary
Matt Harrison is a Lead Software Architect with over 10 years of experience delivering cloud and enterprise-grade systems, currently leading architecture at Brambles after a long tenure as Software Architect for BXB Digital. He blends hands-on implementation (Java, Spring, microservices, cloud platforms) with a strong emphasis on testing, CI and agile practices to reliably take products from design to production. His background spans IoT at SAP—where he helped scale ingestion to ~20,000 msg/s and built an IoT device simulator—and high-performance UI and analytics systems using SAP HANA, Hadoop, Kafka and Spark. A natural mentor and problem solver, he actively removes impediments and promotes team quality while balancing proven patterns with inventive engineering. Based in Macclesfield, England, he’s been coding since age 12 and has a history of founding a web hosting business, reflecting both entrepreneurial drive and deep technical craft.
10 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
HND Mathematical Studies (Computer Based Mathematics) Computing Mathematics, HND Mathematical Studies (Computer Based Mathematics) Computing Mathematics at Sheffield Hallam University
10 GCSEs, 10 GCSEs at North Axholme Comprehensive School