About

I’m Jason Matthew, an engineer based in Brisbane, Australia. I build AI systems and cloud infrastructure at scale at Squiz — production RAG pipelines, ML inference platforms, and edge-native search products used by world-class universities and global brands. I also lead the engineering org behind them: 30+ engineers across AI, Search, and Platform squads. I still write about 45% of the code across our core repositories, because I don’t think you can make good architecture calls without feeling the pain of your own abstractions.

Building Is How I Think#

My background spans a deliberate loop through Tech Lead, acting Product Manager, and Engineering Manager. I chose the EM path to learn how to drive change beyond my own squad — and I did. But I drive the most value when I’m deep in the code, setting the architecture, and building the tools that move the needle.

By night I ship side projects — SaaS products, algorithm visualizers, tools that scratch an itch. Not because I have to, but because building things is how I think.

What I’ve Done#

• Built AI platforms for content digestion and conversational search from zero across three teams
• Shipped a 95% operational burn reduction by migrating legacy infrastructure to Cloudflare
• Got our AWS S3 Vector scaling work featured at re:Invent 2025
• Unblocked a multi-year feature drought across our Search & AI unit
• Led Digital Asset Management integrations with Bynder and Squiz’s own DAM system
• Launched FormRecap, a form abandonment recovery SaaS built entirely on Cloudflare
• Built sortalgorithms.com, an interactive sorting algorithm visualizer
• Built mynextpublicholiday.com, a leave optimizer for 100+ countries

Outside Work#

When I’m not at a keyboard, I’m usually on two wheels or two feet. I race road and ride mountain bikes — with a lifelong goal to clear A-line at Whistler Bike Park, a dream I’ve had since visiting Canada as a kid. I also run marathons, and I won’t stop until I beat Will Ferrell’s 3:56. He’s the benchmark. Don’t ask why.