Matt Varughese

About

Lead Engineer in London specializing in machine learning and artificial intelligence since 2019. Over 20 years professionally across data and software, including building cutting-edge AI systems and integrating ML algorithms into intuitive, performant software platforms. Senior engineer and technology/product leader with experience founding and leading teams (Co-founder & CTO at Drover; acquired by Cazoo) and later advising startups and VCs on technology and AI. Background spans derivatives trading and algorithmic trading at Goldman Sachs and Scotia Capital, blending quantitative finance with software and ML engineering.

Experience

• Lead Engineer · Santara Consulting04-01-2022

  Technology consultant and advisor, specialising in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Below are a selection of the clients I have worked with. Auquan - Designed and built AI agents for use in the financial industry. Managed various client projects. Antler - Mentored start ups, offering advice on strategy, hiring and fundraising as a visiting partner HealthTech1 - Advise and consult on technical strategy, hiring and fundraising Inrupt - Due diligence project for potential acquisition of another AI/ML start up Workflow - Exploration of AI functionality to improve the customer experience Spex Capital - Expert advisor providing technical and AI analysis for healthtech VC

• Senior software engineer · Monolith AI10-01-2019 – 03-31-2022

  Monolith empowers engineers, dramatically speeding up product development using an intuitive AI software platform. In my role I have: ● Integrated cutting-edge machine learning algorithms into an intuitive no-code user interface ● Introduced various agile and lean practices to the team

• Co-founder and CTO · Drover (acquired by Cazoo in 2020)10-01-2015 – 09-30-2019

  Drover is a VC-backed marketplace scale-up, offering all-in monthly car subscriptions. ● Hired and managed a team of 28 people in product and tech ● Built and maintained Ruby on Rails BE, React FE and React Native app ● Introduced various agile and lean practices to the team ● Migrated application to AWS and introduced first microservices ● Organised meetups and hackathons in London and Lisbon

• Head of Engineering · StriveClub02-01-2015 – 06-30-2015

  An online platform for fitness classes in London. Hired and managed a team of four engineers using iOS, backend (Ruby on Rails) and frontend web.

• Technical co-founder and lead developer · Explovia12-01-2012 – 11-30-2014

  A London based events app and website. Mobile app reached over 60k downloads. Hired and managed a team of eight engineers across web and mobile.

• Head of Euro interest rate swaps trading · Scotia Capital04-01-2010 – 10-31-2011

  Headed the Euro swaps trading book, market making 0-50y IRS and OIS

• Euro interest rate swaps trader · Goldman Sachs05-01-2005 – 07-31-2008

  Successfully managed and maintained electronic trading platforms for swaps. Designed algorithms for automatic hedging and quoting government bonds

Education

• Stanford UniversityCoursework, Courses in Machine Learning and Technology; Entrepreneurship
• Oxford UniversityMSc, MSc in Mathematics and the Foundation of Computer Science (four month research project on quantum computing; scored an average mark of 77%)
• Cambridge UniversityBA Hons (1st class), Mathematics (Modules include: statistics, computational statistics, stochastic financial models)

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