I'm a Cambridge based software engineer with over a decade of experience writing clean, well-documented, and scalable code. I've worked across the stack to ship software that solves real problems in highly technical industries, from blockchain to biotech.
Currently serving as the primary software engineer for Abselion, developing the robotics and data analytics products which are shaking up the biotech industry.
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Author: Matt Barker <matt@portfolio>
Date: Present
feat: The impossible
- Removed roadblocks
- Iterated / innovated
- Exceeded expectations
matt@portfolio:~/career$ █By completely rethinking blockchain from the ground up we've opened the door for a De-Fi protocol that's scalable, private, and efficient. View on GitHub
Amperia is a cutting-edge robotics and data analytics platform that's disrupting the biotech industry by revolutionizing how protein research is conducted. This automated system transforms traditionally labor-intensive laboratory workflows into streamlined, data-driven processes that accelerate drug discovery timelines by up to 40%. By combining advanced robotics with real-time analytics, Amperia enables researchers to make critical decisions faster and with greater confidence than ever before. Learn more about Amperia
Recognition: Amperia has been honored with the Bioprocessing Industry Association's 2023 Next-Gen Analytics award, recognizing its groundbreaking impact on biotech innovation and data-driven research methodologies.
Computer Science 1st Class
University of Essex (2021)
Dean's List 2020-21
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
(2025)
Novel neural network architecture for fine-grained control over generative adversarial model output space
Developed software to allow a robotic arm to play chess on a physical board against human opponents. Built the vision system from scratch using TensorFlow and a stereoscopic camera and integrated with stockfish and a 6 axis robot arm.
I'm extremely passionate about indie game development and have worked on a number of projects over the years, including for Tranzfuser. Please check out my work below.
Great read, comprehensively builds your knowledge of how a cpu works from the transistor level all the way to up to the architecture. Quite entertaining and very easy to follow thanks to being highly diagrammatic.
I've heard that this is mostly a distillation of Richard Hamming's lectures at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and the enthusiasm of a lecturer to speak on something they're passionate about definitely comes across in the writing style. That being said parts of the book are very dry and while there are nuggets in there that will completely change the way you approach software engineering, it's probably fine to skim over anything that tests your patience.
This guy might be one of the most cracked security researcher on the planet. Specializing in jumping air gapped systems, every paper on this website will make you rethink what's possible with a side channel attack.
Fantastic resource for learning GPU programming and architecture
If I can recommend one book to make you a better programmer it's this. While a lot of it is fairly basic, everything covered is genuinely useful and I guarantee there'll be at least one algorithm you didn't know about. The linked pdf is free please do check it out.
Great resource for learning infosec and low level systems programming. Incredibly knowledgeable and can be relied on to provide a nuanced take on the latest cybersecurity news.
These videos are really good deep dives on technologies or computer science concepts that manage to condense a considerable depth of information on a topic into bite sized videos without sacrificing on comprehension. I get the feeling the research he does before presenting information to his audience is very thorough as it tends to cover details that other channels do not.
Really interesting channel covering a range of topics from classical computer science
Great resource for staying up to date with the current state of the industry, covers all the latest tech news and has a great series explaining new industry standard technologies in 100 seconds.