Julian Matherson

Telehealth phototherapy platform for clinicians and patients.

• Lead developer for a telehealth phototherapy platform used by clinicians and patients.
• Adjusted the Rails codebase to align with a company rebrand and platform changes while keeping core functions available.
• Designed and implemented remote device tooling to perform safe resets and maintenance tasks.
• Built and maintained a CRM and patient portal that interacts with C++ firmware running on medical devices.
• Set up secure communication flows between the web application and devices, including operations that use SSH.
• Worked with the chief technology officer and device teams to define responsibilities across the web application, devices, and infrastructure.

Event management, ticketing, and upgrade flows.

• Developed event management, ticketing, and upgrade flows in a Rails application.
• Used Hotwire to build interactive user interfaces while avoiding heavier front-end frameworks.
• Improved API endpoints and database queries used by internal tools and external consumers.
• Coordinated with product and operations staff to align technical changes with actual event schedules and requirements.

Financial planning and simulation platform for financial advisors and CPAs.

• Led development of a financial planning and simulation platform for advisors.
• Reworked the simulation engine to support a larger set of JSON-configured scenarios instead of a few fixed options.
• Increased performance compared to the earlier implementation, making it suitable for interactive use.
• Modeled cash flows, annuities, and time-based events in a way that advisors could review and understand.
• Worked with the founding advisor to keep financial logic accurate and traceable.

Video-focused software product for customer engagement and messaging in the automotive industry.

• Implemented newsletter and autoresponder features for a video-focused software product.
• Refactored back-end services to improve maintainability as usage increased.
• Integrated external services and APIs for messaging and analytics.
• Released features on a regular schedule with short timelines.

Concessions delivery platform for sports venues.

• Contributed to the RESTful API that powered a food ordering system inside the Dallas Cowboys application.
• Worked with an external vendor to keep the integration working during live events.
• Assisted with deployment and release processes in a startup environment.
• Wrote production Rails code under the guidance of senior developers.

Faith-based application providing tools and resources around the Quran.

• Apprenticed under a senior Rails developer with focus on practical use of the framework.
• Contributed to open-source Rails projects that went through review.
• Practiced Git workflows including branching and pull requests.
• Learned MVC structure, common Rails patterns, and basic testing practices.