Matthew Simpson
Lead Software Engineer at Tusker
Scalloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMatthew Simpson is a Lead Software Engineer based in Scalloway, Scotland with 12 years of experience building web and mobile applications across startups and scale-ups. He combines strong front-end expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks (AngularJS, React, React Native) with backend Rails experience, and explores systems programming in Go and Rust as a hobby—bringing a pragmatic full-stack perspective. Promoted internally from Senior Developer to Lead at Tusker, he has a track record of stepping into technical leadership and delivery roles at companies like FreeAgent and Mesomorphic. Matthew’s background in web design, custom PHP apps and early mobile work gives him a user-focused sensibility that complements his engineering discipline. Comfortable mentoring teams and shipping production software, he pairs hands-on coding with practical architecture decisions informed by a BSc in Computing.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
HNC Computer Games Technology, HNC Computer Games Technology at Abertay UniversityBachelor of Science (BSc) Computing, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computing at UHI
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
material310
python10
infinite-scroll10
google-analytics10
authentication10
web-analytics10
security10
ruby10
webp-images10
audio-player10
home-assistant10
multiroom-audio10
ui-bootstrap10
angular-file-upload10
jquery10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
typhoon2099/time-utils
Dec 2021 - May 2026
Utilities to help create and format durations
Contributions:4 reviews, 16 PRs, 37 pushes in 4 years 5 months
durations
typhoon2099/.dotfiles
Feb 2022 - Mar 2026
Contributions:144 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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