Matthew Roach
Software Engineer at The Irish Times
Dumfries, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Roach is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years’ experience building accessible, scalable, and reusable user interfaces across media and SaaS platforms. He blends hands-on front-end engineering with technical architecture and product-facing guidance, having led design-system and micro-frontend initiatives at The Washington Post, Arc XP, FreeAgent and as a consultant. Comfortable across React, Sass, Storybook, GraphQL and REST, he drives performance improvements, automated accessibility testing, and zero-code theme architectures that empower non-technical clients. Based in Dumfries, Scotland, he pairs pragmatic engineering with team leadership—often acting as technical project manager—and has a habit of fueling creativity with tea while balancing family life.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Internet and Multimedia Technology, BSc Internet and Multimedia Technology at University of Wales Newport
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (43)
fusion10
browser9
react9
nextjs8
openjdk8
openbd8
javascript8
js-plugin8
rundeck7
react-components7
java7
typescript7
material-ui7
vdm7
compiler7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
matthewroach/nightwatch-demo
May 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:21 commits, 4 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 8 months
javascriptnightwatch
matthewroach/modal
May 2015 - Jan 2019
Contributions:4 PRs, 22 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 8 months
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