Matthew Newman
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Bangor, ME, United States
Toptal member since November 8, 2019
Matthew has over 15 years of experience in database management and software development, with a strong focus on full-stack web applications. He specializes in Django and Vue.js with expertise deploying to both server and serverless environments on AWS. He also works with relational databases and large datasets.
Portfolio
Experience
- SQL - 15 years
- MySQL - 10 years
- JavaScript - 8 years
- Python - 6 years
- Django - 5 years
- PostgreSQL - 5 years
- Vue - 5 years
- Docker - 4 years
Preferred Environment
MySQL, Linux, Vue, Django, JavaScript, Python
The most amazing...
...project I've built and deployed was an error tracking web application used by an international team of data collection analysts for a large financial company.
Work Experience
Senior Full-stack Developer
Toptal Client
- Created a web application for a financial company. I was the lead developer for a project that deployed a Python back end and JavaScript front end to AWS. The application allowed users to buy into investment funds.
- Developed a Django (Python) web application for a company that works with insurance companies and radiologists. The work included updating Django admin pages and working with bulk imports of CSV data.
- Built a web application for an IT support company. This project was a Python back end and a JavaScript front end. I also built charts to display information about client computers visually.
Senior Software Engineer
Elevance Health
- Architected the next best action software system using Kafka, supporting multiple microservices and millions of daily events.
- Led full-stack development projects using Python (FastAPI, Flask) and TypeScript (React, Vue, Svelte).
- Implemented test-driven development practices for quality assurance (pytest, black, ruff, mypy, pyright).
- Achieved seamless remote collaboration with team members, ensuring efficient project delivery.
Software Developer
CourseStorm
- Designed and built a local development environment using Docker.
- Built a financial auditing system for Stripe using Laravel and deployed it on AWS.
- Contributed to a PHP web application running on AWS, supporting hundreds of simultaneous users.
Senior Research Analyst
Thomson Reuters
- Delivered a full-stack web application using Django, MySQL, Bootstrap, and jQuery. The application contained a repository of thousands of documents about financial datasets.
- Eliminated legacy software dependency by utilizing a new API using Python and XML.
- Delivered a financial data ingestion tool using Python and MySQL.
- Built a high-performance Intel server for a 2 TB database application. This database handled large amounts of financial data that was updated daily.
- Improved the financial report generation process by creating a self-service application using Linux, PHP, and MySQL.
- Delivered an error-tracking system using Linux, Apache, PHP, and MySQL. This system was used by a large team of data analysts in multiple countries to streamline the identification of errors for training and improved accuracy.
Experience
Lonergan Agency - Insurance and Real Estate
Downeast Capital
Thomson Reuters InfoBase
Refinitiv Proprietary Research
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Northeastern University - Boston, MA, USA
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, Vue 2, Vue, Vuex, React, Node.js, OpenID, NumPy, SQLAlchemy, jQuery, Stripe, ImageMagick
Tools
Git, Boto, AWS IAM, Docker Compose, GitHub, Amazon Cognito, Jira, Auth0
Languages
Python 3, HTML5, HTML, Python, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, CSS, TypeScript, Perl, Java
Frameworks
Django, Django REST Framework, Vuetify, Nuxt.js, Next.js, Bulma, OAuth 2, Laravel, Material UI, Flask, Bootstrap, Svelte
Paradigms
DevOps, REST
Platforms
Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Linux, Oracle, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Storage
Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Sybase
Other
Blockchain Development, Full-stack, Software Development, Web Development, FastAPI, APIs, Full-stack Development, Authentication, JavaScript Libraries, Technical Leadership, Cloud, Serverless, Web Scraping, Front-end, Material Design, Architecture, Data Extraction, Mobile First, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), Data Visualization, Algorithms
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