Matt Jones
Head Of Architecture at Poundland & Dealz
Cannock Chase, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Jones is a Head of Architecture with two decades of retail IT experience who currently leads Architecture, Business Analysis and Design Authority at Poundland & Dealz, driving their multinational Oracle Fusion ERP and Retail Cloud transformations. He combines hands-on full‑stack development sensibilities (demonstrated by open-source contributions improving Jellyfin’s subtitle handling and web UI) with TOGAF-certified enterprise architecture and C‑Suite communication. Known for delivering end-to-end retail platforms—EPOS, replenishment, integration layers, loyalty, and Microsoft data analytics—he balances technical depth with multi‑million‑pound budgeting, supplier negotiation and licensing expertise. Based in Cannock Chase, he pairs a Computer Science degree with pragmatic leadership that moves complex programmes from roadmap to production while maintaining attention to low‑level implementation details.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Staffordshire
Github Skills (17)
javascript10
net10
dotnet10
user-interface10
web-components10
enums10
jellyfin10
asp-net10
front-end-development10
configuration-file10
dotnet-core10
html10
configurations10
csharp10
api-design9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jellyfin/jellyfin
Dec 2021 - Feb 2022
The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 7 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Matt primarily focused on modifying the server-side logic related to subtitle handling within the Jellyfin media server. They implemented a setting to disable embedded subtitles and then refined the logging to improve debugging capabilities. The user also refactored the code, converting boolean options to an enum for better control over embedded subtitle behavior. These changes impacted how embedded subtitles are handled by the server.
cmsdotnetphpcsharpvideo
jellyfin/jellyfin-web
Dec 2021 - Feb 2022
The Free Software Media System - Official Web Client
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 6 commits, 1 PR in 1 month
Contributions summary:Matt primarily focused on enhancing the user interface of the Jellyfin web client. Their contributions included adding functionality to disable embedded subtitles, refactoring the implementation to use a drop-down select element, and integrating these changes into the library options editor. These modifications allow users to customize subtitle behavior within the media system, improving the user experience. The commits also involved code refactoring and fixing a related requirement.
web-clientvideosreactjellyfin
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