Matthew Lawson
Software Engineering Manager at Meta
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Lawson is a hands-on software engineering manager with 14 years of experience leading teams and delivering scalable systems across industries including payments, insurance, social media, gaming, and fashion. Currently at Meta after senior leadership roles at Busuu, Expedia Group and Lyst, he blends technical architecture, system design and delivery management to drive product and engineering strategy. He has deep practical experience shipping microservices, high-performance NoSQL and search integrations, real-time protocols and payment processing platforms. Known for mentoring engineers and turning tight, campaign-driven deadlines into reliable launches, he pairs pragmatic engineering with clear leadership. Based in Stony Stratford, UK, he often moves between director-level strategy and day-to-day coding, retaining a developer’s curiosity that helped him build high-grossing chatbots and client-facing apps earlier in his career.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Northumbria University
Github Skills (34)
graphql10
react10
fastest9
gatsby9
frontend9
compiler8
static-site-generator8
webpack-loader5
socket5
polymer-element4
socket-io4
chrome4
underscore4
nodejs4
jinja24
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
matthewlawson/leetcode
May 2019 - Jan 2024
Solving various leetcode challenges
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch, 5 comments in 4 years 9 months
data-structuresleetcode-solutionssolvingleetcode
matthewlawson/abstract-data-types
Apr 2018 - Jun 2022
A Collection of ADT's in JS
Contributions:2 PRs, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
javascriptadt
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