Nathan Gavin
PHP JS Developer at Matomo
New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Gavin is a PHP and JavaScript developer with nine years of experience building cloud-backed web applications and optimizing relational databases while maintaining strong security and compliance practices. He has led engineering teams at Ideqa and now contributes as a full-stack developer at Matomo, the widely used open-source analytics platform, where his work spans UI/UX improvements, responsive design, IPv6-ready install scripts, and GDPR tooling. Comfortable across JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP, C#, and Rust, Nathan blends front-end polish with backend reliability to deliver practical, production-grade solutions. His background in engineering (BE Hons, University of Auckland) and early roles in customer-facing and IT support positions give him a pragmatic, user-focused approach to problem solving. He actively contributes to open source and prefers projects where privacy, scalability, and measurable impact intersect. Colleagues note his quick learning curve and a habit of spotting subtle usability issues that others miss.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, Honours, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, Honours at The University of AucklandHigh School, NCEA Excellence Endorsement, High School, NCEA Excellence Endorsement at Pompallier Catholic College
Github Skills (10)
php10
privacy10
web-analytics10
analytics10
back-end-development9
javascript9
css9
responsive-design9
mysql8
ui-design8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
matomo-org/matomo
Sep 2024 - Jul 2026
Empowering People Ethically 🚀 — Matomo is hiring! Join us → https://matomo.org/jobs Matomo is the leading open-source alternative to Google Analytics, giving you complete control and built-in privacy. Easily collect, visualise, and analyse data from websites & apps. Star us on GitHub ⭐️ – Pull Requests welcome!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:192 reviews, 83 PRs, 540 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Nathan primarily contributed to the front-end and back-end aspects of the Matomo project. The commits showcase the user's work on improving UI/UX through CSS and JavaScript adjustments within the context of a PHP/MySQL analytics platform. The user also demonstrated backend skills by enhancing installation scripts to support IPv6 and by integrating the handling of data availability into the GDPR tool. Moreover, they were involved in refactoring code and improving responsive design.
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nathangavin/csv-tui
Mar 2023 - Sep 2024
A terminal based csv editor which is designed to be not a ram hog like standard csv editors, but more useful than other text editors
Contributions:4 releases, 1 review, 11 PRs in 1 year 6 months
csvtext-editorrustterminaltui
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