Matt Riley

Senior Engineer for the Web Platform squad and Activities squad. Building API integration layers, APIs for the backend databases and simplifying the existing backend architecture in order to assist ongoing development and maintenance.

I joined as a member of the development team migrating the existing application from a Drupal backend to a new micro-service based backend written in Typescript.

The new version of the application is hosted on GCP's Kubernetes Engine and made use of NestJS to create the micro-services.

I was hired as a software engineer to work on the core promotion management system for Metrisk.

However my main role was creating the service behind Scan2Recycle.

This product made use of Google Cloud Vision to detect products from uploaded images from the users, which would then return a reward - e.g. store loyalty card points, when the product was placed into an in-store recycle bin.

The main Metrisk system was built on AWS using AppSync and Serverless, the Scan2Recycle system was built on GCP making use of PubSub and Cloud Functions alongside Cloud Vision API.

I joined Sky as an automation Tester but quickly moved into a development role.

When I moved to Software Engineering I was put onto the GraphQL core team, which was responsible for the maintenance, improvement and promotion of the service across the estate.

The GraphQL service provides data for Sky.com and the MySky mobile application.

Alongside the core GraphQL service, there was also maintenance/updating of a Varnish cache to assist with the smooth running of the backend services which were consumed by the GraphQL layer.