Matthew Hudson, Engineering Leader

Technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, React, Storybook, TailwindCSS, AWS, GCP, Spinnaker, Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, RESTful APIs, GraphQL

• Steered a geographically dispersed fullstack team of nine backend, frontend, and QA engineers, fostering innovation and strategic enhancements in Pager’s digital healthcare solutions.
• Conceived and implemented a comprehensive Design System, dramatically accelerating workflows, enhancing cross-team collaboration, and increasing overall productivity.
• Regularly communicated project status updates to senior leadership and ensured timely delivery within set budgets.

Technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, TypeScript, SASS, PHP, React, Storybook, Styled Components, Wordpress, AWS, Jenkins, Docker, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, Hapi

• Orchestrated a geographically dispersed team of 25+ engineers across five managers, responsible for Condé's marquee publications: Bon Appétit, Traveler, Epicurious, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair.
• Led the web performance working group. Coordinated experiments, analyzed results, and disseminated learnings department-wide, delivering monthly reports to both the C-suite and editorial leadership.
• Drove a successful technical strategy in response to a critical Trump tweet that translated into a 100 fold increase in Vanity Fair subscriptions (13,000 subscribers within 24 hours).
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to optimize AdTech and Paywall strategies, tripling paid subscriptions YOY.
• Spearheaded the migration of The New Yorker from WordPress to an internal platform, effectively managing the technological change affecting tens of millions of monthly page views.
• Initiated the development of a scalable atomic Design System, a large-scale project improving the performance, accessibility, and user interfaces powering hundreds of millions of monthly page views across over a dozen household name brands.

Technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, Python, Backbone/Marionette, AWS, RESTful APIs

• Stepped in as Interim CTO for two startups, Kandu & AlphaWorks, partnering with CEOs to recruit teams, stabilize platforms, and chart technical & product strategies.
• Spearheaded the creation and scaling of robust distributed systems, guaranteeing consistent stability, resilience, and peak performance.
• Managed a team of five developers, preserving team morale during a challenging product transition.

Technologies: JavaScript, SASS, PHP, Ruby, Python, Flask, Backbone, D3, AWS, RESTful APIs

• Served as the principal frontend engineer, proactively identifying and resolving bugs, while setting the standard for frontend best practices and quality assurance across the platform.
• Directed the frontend development of SeatGeek's Sixpack A/B testing framework and corresponding NPM library.

Technologies: JavaScript, PHP, Bootstrap, Wordpress, AWS, RESTful APIs

• Directed the migration strategy for Wordpress hosting, transitioning from VPS to Amazon Web Services.
• Pioneered the prototype and laid out the strategy and roadmap for transitioning to in-house mobile development.