resume

I’m a software engineer based in Perth, Australia.

Work experience

Go | TypeScript

React

Docker | Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Jun 2024 – current
Fully remote

Architectured a DevEx-focused framework for the external API that provided fully versioned access to consumers with minimal friction for maintenance.
Built the developers’ portal to support partners to easily and transparently integrate with our platform.
Integrated with payment providers across America, Europe and Oceania to enable partner integrations around the world.

Jan 2019 – Apr 2024
Auckland, New Zealand

Gave back to the community I grew up in by becoming a full-time leader in it.
Empowered the next generation to be their best through creating positive, safe spaces for discovering self-identity and engaging with others.
Drove the development and casting of a refreshed vision for the church.
Led senior leadership to respond decisively to the needs of the community.

Go | JavaScript | Scala

React

Docker | Kubernetes

Spark | Elasticsearch

Mar 2017 – Mar 2018
Auckland, New Zealand

Built an ML recommendations algorithm matching movies to moviegoers, increasing visitation rates by over 5x.
Developed a localised, responsive, single-page web app to generate audience segmentations based on recommendations.

Go | TypeScript

React | PostgreSQL

Docker

Sep 2016 – Mar 2017
Auckland, New Zealand

Co-founded a startup connecting people to local service providers.
Built a cross-platform mobile app along with a fully-tested REST API backend.
Integrated with payment provider Stripe providing a fully-auditable paper trail for payments.

Go | JavaScript | Scala | PHP

React | AngularJS | Akka

Docker | Kubernetes

Prometheus | Grafana

MySQL | Elasticsearch | InfiniDB | Cassandra

Jan 2013 – Sep 2016
Auckland, New Zealand

Built a WYSIWYG email designer from scratch enabling clients to swiftly and efficiently create marketing campaigns.
Transitioned server architecture from monolith to microservices.
Scaled up data processing capabilities by porting the backnd to a column-oriented DB to meet the performance demands of new clients with 10x data.
Designed and implemented a box-office reporting platform capable of generating real-time reports across custom segmentations.
Rearchitected core email infrastructure using the Actor model to ensure reliability and performance of email marketing campaigns.
Set up real-time monitoring and alerting tools to ensure reliability of microservices.

Bachelor of Applied Theology at Carey Baptist College (2022)
Master of Engineering in Software Engineering at University of Auckland (2012)
Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering at University of Auckland (2011)

I was a key early contributor to osu!, a popular rhythm game with over 26 million players.
I open-sourced a fully-tested library in Go to validate the NZ Covid Pass used in New Zealand during the pandemic response.
I wrote my own Game Boy emulator and assembler plus a remake of Flappy Bird to go with it.
I’m an avid solver of Advent of Code, placing 98th in 2017.