Located: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewis-matthews-uk
Online CV: https://lewis.matthews.cloud
Personal Statement
As a seasoned professional with a passion for creating impactful solutions, I’ve dedicated my career to building web applications that serve people’s needs. From the early days of the internet, I’ve honed my skills, always striving for perfection and paying meticulous attention to detail.
I have a strong will to win and always strive to build amazing teams, working towards this through regular introspective reviews, using continuous improvement methodologies.
I pride myself on my unwavering commitment to excellence and my ability to foster exceptional teams. Through introspective reviews and continuous improvement methodologies, I drive positive change. I’m not just about achieving goals; I’m about winning hearts and minds. I share my vision, engage with passion, set clear objectives, and maintain open communication. Colleagues under my leadership feel valued and empowered.
I look forward to contributing my expertise to my next challenge, driving innovation, and achieving remarkable results.
Career History
Engineering Manager, Global Front of Stores, TJX - December 2023 to Present
- Products: ePOS systems
- UK Development Team: 1 Senior Staff Engineer, 2 Senior Engineers and 2 Engineers
- US Solution Analyst Team: 3 Senior Staff Engineers
- Technologies: Java, .NET, VB, C#, MSSQL, Jenkins, Windows Powershell
Engineering Manager, Retail Pricing, Sainsbury's - March 2023 to December 2023
- Products: Smart Pricing Tool (UI for entering price changes across pricing zones), Retail Price Service (Kafka Topic and REST APIs), Price Clustering Service (AI driven price suggestions by price zones)
- Major projects: Implementation of AI-driven price suggestion service, ongoing work to migrate away from a legacy monolithic application.
- Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB, Atlas, Kafka, React, TypeScript
- 2 Teams: 2 Senior Engineers, 13 Engineers, 1 test engineer
Engineering Manager, Commercial Place Team, Sainsbury's - Oct 2021 to March 2023
- Products: Customer facing Sainsbury's Store Locator, Google/Facebook/Bing/Yext integration, Colleague Locations Admin, Data Services (REST API + Kafka Topics), Company-wide Google Map API Access Control
- Major projects: Platform redesign/rewrite from Python2 to Java, mastering of Argos store data, Argos data integration with Yext, Argos Opening Hours data flow streamlining
- Technologies: AWS, Kubernetes, EKS, Java, Python, Terraform, Helm, Jenkins, Spring Boot, DynamoDB, MySQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, React, CDNs
- Team: 7 development engineers, 2 test engineers, 1 cloud engineer
Engineering Manager, Commercial, Argos - Mar 2014 to Oct 2021
- Products: Argos Commercial below, plus JDE, SSE Reward Website, Corporate Cards, Argos Gift Cards, Argos on eBay integration, Order Management System, Content Management System, After Sales & Messaging Solution, Order Fulfillment System, Warehouse Management System, Courier Integration
- Major projects: supporting the growth of eBay operation to a £70m a year business, building all our services from the ground up, launching Argos eBay in Ireland, argos.ie home delivery fulfillment integration, Migration from Magento 1 to Magento 2
- Technologies: Magento 1, Magento 2, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Full Stack, PAAS environment, CDNs, Email security
- Team: 4 Development Engineers, 2 Testers, 2 Service Managers, 4 Data Entry Clerks
Other Roles
- Credit and Warranties Operations Manager, Argos Financial Services - Jul 2013 to Mar 2014
- Business Analyst, Argos IS Stores Systems - Nov 2011 to Jul 2013
- Product Manager, Argos Stores Systems - Jan 2009 to Nov 2011
- User Acceptance Test Manager, Argos Stores Systems - Nov 2006 to Jan 2009
- Store Manager, Bicester & High Wycombe Argos Stores - June 2003 to Nov 2006
- Various Management Roles, Argos Stores - Feb 1997 to June 2003
Technical Competencies
Along with my own personal rating out of 5...
- Methodologies: Application/Service Design (5), Data Modelling (5), Algorithms (5), Full Stack Development (5), Integrations (5), Cloud Development (4), Micro-Services (4), Security (4), Design Patterns (4)
- Coding Languages: JavaScript (5), MySQL (5), PHP (4), NoSQL (3), Java (3)
- Frameworks: DojoJS (5), Magento (4), React (3), Spring (3)
Education, Courses & Qualifications
AWS Cloud Training
- AWS Technical Essentials (1 Day), July 2021
- AWS Cloud Practitioner (1 Day), July 2021
- Developing on AWS (3 Days), July 2021
- AWS Security Essentials (1 Day), September 2021
- Architecting on AWS (3 Days), October 2021
Parmiter's School, Watford
- A-Levels: Mathematics (B), Further Mathematics (B), Physics (C)
Langleybury School, Watford
- GCSEs: Mathematics (A), Physics (B), Chemistry (B), Biology (B), English Literature (B), English Language (B), Design & Technology (B), Music (C), German (C)
Other Activities
- Founder and Chairman of a local Wargaming group; currently at 254 members and growing at pace
- Built a Scrum Stand-Up Companion tool during Personal Development time, currently being used by two teams and will be shared wider shortly.
- Hobbies: DIY, Wargaming, Miniature Painting, Walking, Hiking, Running, Cycling, Flying Drones, 3D Printing, Building Cool Stuff!