Matt Lowden
Verified Expert in Engineering
SQL Developer
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Toptal member since October 27, 2021
Matt is a full-stack web developer with almost two decades of experience working with agencies and global corporations, founding startups, and completing acquisitions. His strength lies in understanding problems, breaking them down into smaller pieces, and finding creative ways to solve these problems while incrementally adding value to the business.
Portfolio
Experience
- SQL - 16 years
- PHP - 16 years
- JavaScript - 16 years
- CSS - 16 years
- HTML - 16 years
- Laravel - 4 years
- Symfony - 4 years
- Node.js - 3 years
Preferred Environment
PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, Symfony, Node.js, CSS, HTML, MySQL, Laravel, React
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is a tool that allows record labels to see what their fans are listening to in real-time and communicate with them based on this usage.
Work Experience
Director of Technical Development
Warner Music Group
- Built a product responsible for reporting all of WMG's global streaming consumption across Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer.
- Led a team of developers and product directors to launch multiple successful products.
- Built a product responsible for user acquisition, which saw at least 25% year-over-year (YOY) growth each year since its release in 2017.
- Created a product that allowed artists to see what their fans were listening to in real-time to help make the best possible marketing decisions.
- Built a product that allowed record labels to see precisely which playlists and charts their new releases were featured in worldwide to gauge market penetration.
CTO
Topsify & Playlists.net
- Developed, in collaboration with Spotify, Playlists.net, a playlist sharing and music recommendation service.
- Led a team of three developers, one designer, and numerous contract-based agencies and individuals.
- Developed the service using JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and PHP using the Zend Framework.
Senior Developer
SUMO Design
- Developed the front end and back end of websites using a proprietary CMS.
- Led projects from the initial brief to completion and handled after-sales support.
- Worked with clients such as Newcastle City Council, York Museums Trust, and the BBC.
Flash & Web Developer
Twenty First Century Media
- Assisted in developing a new brand for the organization focusing on tutorial videos, teaching users to how to play poker.
- Created a service built using Flash and PHP that allowed users to pay for videos that could then be streamed.
- Used Windows Media Server for streaming video content.
Web Developer
IGN Entertainment Inc.
- Maintained and managed a collection of different gaming websites.
- Collected the latest gaming news and updated websites with content using raw HTML and CSS.
- Worked remotely from the UK while collaborating with colleagues in the USA.
Experience
Warner Connect
The finished product can acquire users from various third-party services such as Facebook, Apple Music, Deezer, and Spotify. It can also build rich profiles on these users to create highly targeted segments so that teams worldwide can then send tailored and relevant communications to their customers.
Playlists.net
The web application is built using PHP and JavaScript (Angular) and uses third-party APIs such as Spotify and Facebook.
Topsify
https://topsify.comThe website is built on a PHP back-end API with a JavaScript front end.
Homepage Takeover CMS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlglUPLBdHEThe product is used by hundreds of internal users globally and serves over half a billion views annually.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Sunderland - Sunderland, England
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, React, Spotify API, Deezer API, YouTube API, Google APIs, X (formerly Twitter) API, Node.js, Facebook API
Tools
BigQuery, Composer, Babel, Webpack, MAMP
Languages
PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL, HTML5, PHP 5, PHP 7, TypeScript, HTML4, ECMAScript (ES6), Java, Active Server Pages (ASP), Go
Frameworks
Symfony, Laravel, Zend Engine, Angular, AngularJS, Express.js, Material UI
Paradigms
REST
Platforms
LAMP, Google App Engine, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Storage
MySQL, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud, Microsoft SQL Server, Google Cloud Spanner, PostgreSQL
Other
Web Development, Websites, APIs, UI Development, Squarespace, Storybook
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