Summary
Matthew Murdoch is a Principal Software Architect with 13+ years designing and delivering real-time fraud, risk and reconciliation platforms for global financial institutions. He blends strategic thinking and hands-on engineering to build Big Data, ML-driven SaaS architectures, continuous delivery pipelines and zero-downtime upgrade processes. At Fiserv he led cross-cultural agile teams, automated full-stack testing and quality checks, and shipped mobile deposit risk screening and immediate funds products on a hosted analytics platform. Known for translating business needs into pragmatic incremental delivery roadmaps, he also coaches engineers, conducts technical interviews and fosters continuous learning through developer-led talks. His background in biological computation and plant sciences underpins a research-minded approach to problem solving and performance optimisation. Based in the Greater Reading Area, he pairs deep enterprise payments domain expertise with a track record of scaling secure, production-grade systems.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Plant Sciences, 2:1, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Plant Sciences, 2:1 at University of Cambridge
MSc, Biological Computation, Distinction, MSc, Biological Computation, Distinction at University of York