# Matthew Silas

> Senior Software Engineer

Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Profile: https://flows.cv/matthewsilas

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ G-Research
Jan 2024 – Present | Greater London, England, United Kingdom

### Senior Software Development Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2018 – Jan 2024 | London, United Kingdom
Tech lead in Alexa Shopping for Echo Show devices, across 4 teams and 25 engineers.

### Software Development Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Denver, Colorado
Tech lead for team that created complimentary products recommendation engine and rewrote add to cart experience across all non-fashion, non-consumable detail pages, world-wide. 

Helped create and run onboarding process for new engineers in Denver. 

Ran best-practice knowledge sharing sessions and design reviews.

### Software Engineer @ Amadeus Consulting
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Boulder, CO
Full stack developer, including architect and DevOps work, across multiple technology application platforms.

App platforms include:
• Python ML + Django, scrapy, puppet, GAE (including managed VMs) and GCE, DataStore (NoSQL), CloudSQL, elasticsearch
• Java EE + Ruby on Rails + Python server apps using Docker, iOS + OS X client apps, AWS hosted. MySQL hosted on RDS.
• Various.NET applications (MVC and Web Forms), using .NET 2.0, 3.5, and 4.5. SQL Server 2005, 2008R2, and 2012.
• iOS (objective-C only) applications, using enterprise and App Store deployment platforms.

### Software Developer @ Amadeus Consulting
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Boulder
Full Stack iOS, OSX and .NET developer, with backend Java EE development. Some Python ML.

### Sourcing Manager - Raw Materials @ ArcelorMittal
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013

### Procurement Specialist - Raw Materials @ ArcelorMittal
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Responsible for raw material purchasing negotiations, strategy, TCO reduction, and by-product sales.

### Contract Administrator @ ArcelorMittal
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
• Administer 25 different contracts in coal, coke & rail.

• Implemented corporate wide compliance program working with multiple facilities and several different departmental stakeholders to extract maximum value out of contracts and mitigate risk

### Project Analyst @ ArcelorMittal
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010
• Sold all scrap by-products and significantly increased revenue by centralizing sales process and expanding customer base.

• Led intra-company transfer program to arbitrage pricing differences in regional markets.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science
Oregon State University

### BA in Economics, International Relations
Michigan State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matthew-silas-b47762b

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Last updated: 2026-04-05