StreamTest for Intel
Streaming test application, tailored for Intel's live streaming tests during the Winter Olympics.
Jared Mattson
Web Developer & IT Generalist · Victoria, BC
About me
I'm Jared Mattson, a web developer and IT generalist based in Victoria, British Columbia.
I built my first websites at 14 and started doing paid web and IT work at 16. For the majority of my career since then, I worked with one company as it grew from NetroMedia into StreamTest and a popular copyright protection service. As its front-end web developer and webmaster, I was responsible for everything web-based: custom video players, pay-per-view sites, online stores and the custom interfaces and apps for the company's management and services. I was also the head of UX, and I regularly coordinated the work of outsourced contractors.
How I work
- Results first. A site should be clear to use, fast to load and reliable. All to serve its dedicated purpose in balance with cost. That matters more to me than clever code.
- The right size of solution. I avoid over-engineering and choose tools that fit the job, from plain HTML, JavaScript and PHP to rich web applications using all the latest frameworks and novel technologies.
- Self-reliant and security-minded. I prefer to host and maintain the tools a project depends on rather than lean on outside services.
- Learning by doing. I pick up whatever a project needs, and I often borrow ideas from one field to solve problems for another.
Today
I run Mattson Tech: a family business offering contract web development, consultation and IT services, together with my wife Jenessa, who leads its marketing and design work.
Outside of client work, I make music, spend quality time with my family and tinker with electronics and all sorts of media technologies.
If you'd like to work together, please Contact me. I look forward to meeting you.
Projects
IcyShop
Lightweight custom e-commerce CMS for a vintage clothing shop.
gabaZone
Proof-of-concept multiplayer game engine for the browser that renders with HTML and CSS instead of canvas or WebGL.
Digital Asset Portfolio
Serverless, privacy-first portfolio tracker for digital assets.
Untitled automated web-crawler project
Automated crawling and reporting system using Windows automation and Chrome Developer Tools. Details to come.
Senza Zucchero
Brand and design exploration for an independent record label.
jaredmattson.com
This site: a home office built in Three.js, with navigation by camera movement.
Jared Mattson
Web Developer & IT Generalist · Victoria, BC · jaredmattson.com/contact
Summary
Full-stack web developer and UI/UX engineer with 15 years at a streaming and copyright-technology company and 20 years of client work. Built custom video and audio players and pay-per-view platforms for clients including Simon & Schuster, and was the sole UI/UX developer on a streaming-diagnostics app used to test infrastructure for Intel ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Delivers fast, secure, low-maintenance software from interface to server, and works effectively with AI-assisted development and agentic workflows.
Skills
- Languages: JavaScript, PHP, HTML, CSS, SQL; familiar with Python, C#, C++ and Java
- Front end: UI/UX design, responsive layouts and device support, CSS animation, Semantic UI / Fomantic-UI, jQuery, Bootstrap; familiar with React
- Back end and data: PHP, Node.js, WebSockets, REST APIs, embedded HTTP servers, SQL, JSON data modeling
- Browser and automation: Chrome Extensions (Manifest V3), Chrome DevTools Protocol, AutoHotkey, Win32 API
- Video and streaming: custom video and audio players, music streaming, live pay-per-view portals, streaming diagnostics
- Integrations: Stripe, Amazon S3, Canada Post API, MaxMind minFraud, PHPMailer, third-party REST APIs
- Security: CSRF protection, HMAC request signing, password hashing, encryption, server hardening
- AI: AI-assisted development and agentic workflows (Claude) for coding, code review, research and documentation, with every change reviewed and owned personally
- Tools and operations: Git (GitHub, self-hosted Gitea), Linux, Apache, nginx, VMware, SEO, web performance, WordPress, WooCommerce, Drupal, DNN (DotNetNuke)
- Working style: focused coding sprints, project coordination, managing contractors and subcontractors, plain-language client communication
Experience
UI/UX Engineer & Front-End Developer
NetroMedia · StreamTest · DMCA.com, Victoria, BC (remote from 2020) · 2011 – October 2026
One company operating three brands (live streaming, streaming diagnostics, online copyright protection). Reported to the CTO.
- Sole UI/UX developer on StreamTest's streaming-diagnostics web app; tailored it for Intel's infrastructure testing ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, where Intel's team specifically praised the interface.
- Built StreamTest's in-player testing integration (a custom player control bar with "Test This Video", feedback buttons and live analytics) and the front end of its stream-monitoring service.
- Built DMCA.com's takedown case management web app, which guides clients through each case with itemized takedown URLs, client–staff messaging and context-sensitive instructions.
- Developed a multi-device live video and audio player and deployed it for 10+ broadcasters, faith organizations and institutions across North America, Africa and the Caribbean, including Morehouse College and UCAR.
- Handled configuration and development for Simon & Schuster's pay-per-view site, and built pay-per-view portals and administrator manuals for clients.
- Built and maintained a live scoreboard system and custom live-stream player for Arabian Horse Global (2017–2021): Google Sheets–driven scoreboards with automatic totals and an embed-code generator, and a player with HLS delivery, a pre-roll countdown and a live event ticker.
- Built Powwow Vault for DNA Entertainment, a streaming and download store for traditional powwow music: custom audio player, all-access membership subscriptions, per-track and per-album sales, and media hosting on Amazon S3. Imported a 3,049-track, 179-album catalog and wrote the administrator documentation.
- Built client streaming-statistics and usage dashboards on the StackPath CDN API.
- Built and maintained the company websites across all three brands; Owned site performance and SEO.
- Regularly managed the work of outsourced contractors.
Independent Web Developer & IT Consultant
Mattson Tech (freelance practice), Victoria, BC · 2006 – present
- Websites, web applications, IT support and custom solutions for local businesses, including optometry clinics and retail stores.
- Produced a pitch package for a reality-TV series concept (website, print materials and video editing), and hired and managed subcontracted video editors.
- Built custom Windows utilities for small businesses: spam filtering, network backup and internet-settings lockdown.
Technical Support & Web Developer
Blitware Technologies, Victoria, BC · 2009 – 2010
- Supported software customers, then moved into SEO, web content and Flash development.
- Automated office workflows with AutoHotkey and maintained VMware test environments.
Selected Projects
Independent work, most recent first. Full portfolio at jaredmattson.com; Source code and documentation are available for review upon request.
- Image-analysis crawler and Chrome extension (2025–2026): a Windows agent and supervisor that run real Chrome sessions to catalog a site's images and fingerprint them with perceptual hashes. The companion Manifest V3 extension adds per-site permissions and local IndexedDB storage. AutoHotkey, Chrome DevTools Protocol, JavaScript, PHP
- GABAEngine multiplayer prototype: real-time engine rendered entirely with HTML and CSS, with a Node.js WebSocket server that resolves combat server-side. It ran about 10 simultaneous players with no performance issues. Node.js, WebSockets, CSS animation
- IcyShop e-commerce platform: launched storefront that made real sales, with Stripe payments, live Canada Post rates, Printable QR price tags for self-checkout at in-person markets, and multi-storefront theming. PHP, SQLite, JavaScript
- Digital Asset Portfolio: serverless, client-side encrypted portfolio tracker; holdings never leave the user's browser. JavaScript, browser cryptography
References
Available on request, including former company leadership.