Senior Software Engineer

FDJ UNITED (formerly Kindred Group)

2025 — Current

Sydney, Australia

Tech stack: Claude Code • MCP • Kafka • Kubernetes • Node.js Profiler • React • Express.js • PostgreSQL • Couchbase • Grafana • Appium

• Optimised the Sportsbook Betting Engine within a 5-engineer Performance Task Force, increasing throughput by more than 6x and reducing P95 latency by 85% through CPU profiling, cooperative yielding, DB round-trip optimisation, and Kubernetes tuning.

• Designed and delivered a Kafka benchmarking platform that sustained producer and consumer load tests exceeding 150,000 messages per second, providing the performance evidence used to evaluate VM and Kubernetes deployment strategies.

• Co-established the Sportsbook iOS Appium automation framework with 2 engineers, aligning Product, QA, and engineering teams on automation strategy, delivering 45 end-to-end test scenarios integrated into CI, and using Claude Code and MCP integrations to reduce test development time by 50%.

Senior Software Engineer

Coates Group

2024 — 2025

Sydney, Australia

Tech stack: Node.js • React • Express.js • MySQL • AWS Lambda • AWS DynamoDB • Jest • Micro-frontend architecture • GitLab

• Led 5 engineers within the 12-person Market Adoption Squad while remaining hands-on in the delivery of McDonald’s Digital Menu Board CMS, mentoring junior engineers and guiding technical design and architectural decisions.

• Architected the CMS platform’s full-stack solution in collaboration with senior leadership, implementing frontend improvements that increased its Google Lighthouse score by 60 points. The platform is now deployed across 20,000 locations in the United States and Europe.

Senior Software Engineer

Qantas Airways

2022 — 2024

Sydney, Australia

Tech stack: Next.js • Preact • Express.js • AWS Lambda • AWS RDS • AWS Redshift • Jenkins • Terraform • Splunk • Jest • Mocha Test • Ansible

• Spearheaded development of a Next.js Customer Service Centre application used by 2,000+ employees daily, consolidating 14 department-specific applications into a single platform and eliminating the need for agents to navigate across multiple browser tabs.

• Delivered a full-stack internal marketing platform within a 5-engineer team, using Preact and Express.js to centralise the creation, management, and delivery of customer campaigns across 12 digital and communications channels, with Jest-based automated testing and Akamai-powered content delivery.

Software Engineer

SLIK Creative Agency

2022

Sydney, Australia

Tech stack: React • Gatsby • Node.js • Nest.js • MongoDB • AWS S3 • Contentful • Netlify • Heroku • Three.js • GSAP • Blender

• Pioneered Australia’s first metaverse virtual playground utilising Three.js and Blender for corporate gatherings and virtual meetings.

• Engineered static web applications using Gatsby for Nine News, including The Sydney Morning Herald’s Annual Impact Report.

• Migrated a legacy email builder app from Angular to React, simplifying its frontend architecture and improving maintainability and UX.

Software Engineer

New Zealand Government, Health NZ

2021 — 2022

Auckland, New Zealand

Tech stack: TypeScript • Node.js • React • Angular • C# • .NET • NgRx • Redis • Oracle SQL Database • Material UI • Azure DevOps

• Replaced manual status checks with an Angular and .NET Core monitoring application covering 3 hospitals, reducing incident identification time by 90%, from 5 minutes to 30 seconds.

• Designed and built a bespoke Redis management application, giving admins a controlled interface for maintaining operational data.

Software Engineer

Canary Data Solutions Ltd.

2020 — 2021

Auckland, New Zealand

Tech stack: TypeScript • Vue • Microsoft SQL Server • Jenkins • TeamCity • Octopus Deploy • Knockout.js • ASP.NET • C# • VB

• Collaborated closely with clients across industries to architect and deliver tailor-made applications aligning with their business needs.

• Implemented an overhaul of the corporate website with ASP.NET, injecting modern design principles for an enhanced user experience.

• Reduced an application's runtime error by over 65% by migrating the backend server to TypeScript and introducing Unit Tests.

Software Engineer

Yourcar (Startup)

2019 — 2020

Auckland, New Zealand

Tech stack: React • Next.js • PostgreSQL • GraphQL • Google Cloud Platform • Postman API Testing • Jest Test • Cypress • HubSpot

• Engineered an internal tool to precisely compute the write-off percentage for newly purchased New Zealand vehicles within an 18-month window.

• Elevated the resilience of the company's web application by undertaking comprehensive end-to-end testing on the frontend platform utilising Cypress.

• Navigated and thrived in a dynamic startup environment, acquiring valuable professional experience in a high-paced setting.