Experience

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  Victoria university of wellington

  Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  Computer science tutor

  Tutor for the core first and second year Computer Science papers- Taught a class of students- Ran helpdesk sessions for students to come seek help with their coursework- One on one sessions with students needing extra help

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  Catalyst it limited

  Feb 2016 - Jan 2021

  Core member of Catalyst's Cloud Native team, with a focus on creating tooling and patterns to empower teams to write cloud native software.- Unify how the company builds, deploys, and maintains software- Create CI pipelines to streamline developer experience- System administration within a cloud environment- Deep knowledge and expertise with infrastructure as code. In particular, Terraform- Expertise in cloud orchestration technologies and containerisation- Part of a team that worked with Canonical to evaluate their cloud provisioning tooling- Implemented a secure payments solution for TAB on AWS, and worked with QSA to achieve PCI compliance- Migrated Rippl from AWS Elastic Beanstalk to home soil on Catalyst Cloud utilising Docker Swarm to provide a similar developer experience Show less Lead developer in a team responsible for designing and running a high availability transactional system that turns over in excess of $1 billion per year: - Instrumental to migrating monolithic architecture to microservices - Orchestration with Terraform, Ansible, Gitlab CI, and Docker - Experienced with AWS, OpenStack, and Cloudflare - Built continuous deployment pipelines for key applications - Core focus on automating whatever can be automated - Built bespoke management tools (Typescript (express), Python, Bash, Perl) - First responder on a 24/7 pager for system critical call-outs - Openly shared knowledge with other teams in the business - Working in an Ubuntu environment, with a deep knowledge of Linux - Worked as part of a cross-functional Agile team Show less Designing and building features across a range of applications: - Building an online identity verification microservice in TypeScript - Wrote JavaScript to constrain video for a live streaming service - Optimised PostgreSQL databases for high volume systems - Fixed legacy bugs in a Perl / Mason application - Wrote Python APIs for better application integration - Optimised applications to support in excess of 30,000 concurrent users - Worked as part of an Agile team - Consistently met project deadlines within budget - Met with clients and collaborated on designs with architects - Working in an Ubuntu environment, with a deep knowledge of Linux - First responder on a 24/7 pager for system critical call-outs Show less

  • Cloud Native Engineer

    Apr 2019 - Jan 2021

  • Lead Developer

    Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  • DevOps Engineer

    Dec 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Full Stack Developer

    Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

  • C++ Application Developer & 3D Graphics Consultant

    Feb 2016 - Dec 2016
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  Sharesies

  Jan 2021 - now

  • Technical Lead

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Senior Developer

    Jan 2021 - Apr 2022