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I’m a software engineer with expertise in React and TypeScript, skilled in adapting to new technologies and solving complex challenges. I excel at collaboration, clear communication, and delivering practical solutions. I am eager to contribute to innovation and grow with a dynamic team.
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Experience
Advice Link
Software Engineer
May 2025 - Present
- Advice Link is part of the NZHL umbrella and a subsidiary of KiwiBank. The application is used by mortgage advisors and insurance brokers across New Zealand.
- Tech Stack - React, TypeScript, Tailwind, Base UI, Mantine, and other third party libraries.
- Navigated shifting priorities and delivered production ready components under tight deadlines.
- Built scalable, reusable, themeable, data driven components.
- Developed a modern Client Portal.
- Contributed to evolving design systems and improving UI/UX across the application.
- Presented to both technical and non-technical senior stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into easy to understand language.
- Independently completed sprint planning and provided reliable estimates.
- Advocated for AI-based tools to speed up routine development tasks, which saved countless hours of developer time.
Stuff
Software Engineer
Jul 2023 - Dec 2024
- Stuff is the most popular media company in New Zealand, reaching millions of users every month.
- Tech Stack - React, TypeScript, many third party tools, plugins and services.
- Developed scalable, reusable components for the Stuff replatform and Masthead sites (The Post, Press, and Waikato Times).
- Refactored code in third party tools to enable stakeholders to make updates independently.
- Collaborated with Product Owners, Designers, QA, Solution Architects, and Stakeholders to align on project goals and deliverables.
- Conducted pair programming sessions and reviewed pull requests to maintain high code quality.
- Created documentation for niche tools to facilitate knowledge sharing.
- Participated in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives as part of an Agile team.
Fergus
Software Engineer
May 2022 - July 2023
- Fergus is a job management software for tradies which covers job tracking, invoicing, and reporting all in one place.
- Tech Stack - React Native, TypeScript, GraphQL, Docker, PHP, and Postgres.
- Built clean, reusable, and testable components in line with best practices.
- Led standups and facilitated quarterly retrospective reviews.
- Collaborated in pair programming sessions and peer code reviews, giving and applying constructive feedback.
- Contributed to the Modern Fergus Go Mobile App and Web App Monolith.
- Built new features, maintained legacy code, resolved bugs, created and updated APIs.
- Collaborated closely with the Product Manager, Designer, and QA Tester.
- Participated in technical and design reviews (1 on 1 and in groups).
Dacreed
Full Stack Developer
Jul 2021 - Apr 2022
- Dacreed is a learning experience platform for regulated industries like financial services and education.
- Tech Stack - React, Gatsby, Node.js, Scala, and the Play framework.
- Developed, maintained and contributed several Dacreed products (Dacreed App and multiple static blog sites).
- Collaborated with UX designers and the core development team while also independently developing and testing features to support focused reading and content accessibility.
Mission Ready
Student
Feb 2021 - Oct 2021
- Mission Ready’s Full Stack Developer Accelerator is a fast-paced, immersive training programme designed to launch careers in full-stack development.
- Learned the essential full stack developer skills for both the front and backend of software development with a primary focus on developing my skills with React, JavaScript, CSS, Node.js, MySQL, and Githhub.
- Created chatbots with IBM Watson and an application that can detect different types of vehicles using AWS AI from an image uploaded to AWS S3 Bucket.
- Collaborated with UX designers on MVP's and Website redesigns while utilising agile methodologies and leveraging Trello and Miro.
Advice Link
Software Engineer
May 2025 - Present
Stuff
Software Engineer
Jul 2023 - Dec 2024
Fergus
Software Engineer
May 2022 - July 2023
Dacreed
Full Stack Developer
Jul 2021 - Apr 2022
Mission Ready
Student
Feb 2021 - Oct 2021
- Advice Link is part of the NZHL umbrella and a subsidiary of KiwiBank. The application is used by mortgage advisors and insurance brokers across New Zealand.
- Tech Stack - React, TypeScript, Tailwind, Base UI, Mantine, and other third party libraries.
- Navigated shifting priorities and delivered production ready components under tight deadlines.
- Built scalable, reusable, themeable, data driven components.
- Developed a modern Client Portal.
- Contributed to evolving design systems and improving UI/UX across the application.
- Presented to both technical and non-technical senior stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into easy to understand language.
- Independently completed sprint planning and provided reliable estimates.
- Advocated for AI-based tools to speed up routine development tasks, which saved countless hours of developer time.