Matthew Shaw

Front-End Developer
at LayeredTech

Based in Bristol
United Kingdom

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About Matthew Shaw

I’m a creative Font-End Developer focused on building clean, accessible, high-performance digital experiences. I enjoy turning thoughtful design into smooth, modern products with strong front-end craft and dependable back-end foundations.

Experience

  1. 2024 — Present

    Front-End Developer

    Layered Technologies

    Delivered custom websites and interfaces for over 20 clients using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Vue.js, tailoring each build to commercial and user needs. Built internal products including a configurable sign-up form builder and self-service portals for broadband customers and resellers. Helped modernise a legacy Laravel Blade front end into Vue.js, improving performance, reliability and maintainability. Worked directly with clients from requirements through release, while also maintaining existing systems and providing PHP and Laravel back-end support where needed.

  2. 2021 — 2024

    Junior Front-End Developer

    Layered Technologies (Continued)

    Gained practical front-end development experience by contributing to live commercial projects and translating designs and requirements into reliable, maintainable code. Progressed into a more senior Front-End Developer role as my technical skills, responsibilities and project involvement grew.

  3. 2020 — 2021

    Trainee Developer

    IT Career Switch

    Completed an intensive development traineeship covering a broad range of front-end and back-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, React, Python and Git. Built two professional portfolio projects during the programme: a full CRUD application and an interactive map-based application.

  4. 2018 — 2020

    eCommerce Assistant

    Young Lives vs Cancer

    Supported the day-to-day operation of an eCommerce business by managing product content, promotions and catalogue updates to maintain a clear and consistent customer experience. Conducted detailed online market research to identify and price valuable antiques, while sharing specialist knowledge and collaborating with other volunteers.

Tech Stack

Modern tools.
Clean code.
Meaningful impact.

Front-End

  1. HTML5
  2. CSS3
  3. JavaScript
  4. Sass
  5. Tailwind CSS
  6. Vue 3
  7. Nuxt
  8. Vite
  9. Pinia
  10. Responsiveness
  11. Accessibility

Back-End

  1. PHP
  2. Laravel
  3. REST APIs
  4. MySQL
  5. Node.js
  6. Git

Get inTouch

I’m a creative developer who enjoys turning ideas into clean, fast, thoughtful digital experiences. I care about sharp design, smooth interactions, and building products that feel as good as they work.

If you’ve got a project, idea, or opportunity, let’s make something brilliant together.