I have worked for Totara Learning for four years in total, with my current role being a senior engineer, having started as a graduate engineer seven years ago in 2018. In this role I:

• Led my team through completing critical compliance work
• Proactively collaborated with senior engineering leaders to improve department-wide engineering practices
• Led threat modelling sessions with cyber security analysts
• Researched and wrote an architecture whitepaper on agentic AI and how it would fit into the existing product’s technology stack
• Mentored and led junior and intermediate engineers
• Led maintaining the primary local development environment and proactively introduced new tooling to improve developer productivity
• Facilitated technical decision-making using decision registers to reach consensus on development approaches
• Architected and developed object-oriented solutions in PHP
• Built front-end views and componentry using Vue.JS and SCSS
• Developed using modern ORM and MVC architectural practices
• Wrote performant and scalable GraphQL APIs
• Introduced modern DevOps practices into our CI/CD pipelines

I worked at Land Information New Zealand as a Senior Full Stack Developer for one year. In this role I:

• Developed and maintained features front-end features for our GIS based front-end app using React, TypeScript, Redux, OpenLayers, Cytoscape and other libraries
• Developed REST API endpoints in Kotlin and Java using the Spring Boot framework
• Planned and architected complex new projects and features
• Implemented and upgraded our deployment stack using AWS and Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
• Designed relational database schema and constructed complex SQL
• Wrote integration, unit and acceptance tests to ensure the correctness and maintainability of our code
• Scaffolded a new project with Kotlin and Spring Boot, using best practices in accordance with the programme’s target state architecture
• Performed in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment
• Demonstrated new features to external customers
• Collaborated with external legacy vendors
• Peer reviewed and tested my colleagues’ work

I worked at BNZ as a full stack developer for eighteen months, with a focus on front-end development. In this role I:

• Developed and maintained features front-end features using React, TypeScript, Redux, and other front end libraries
• Developed REST API endpoints in Java using the Spring Boot framework
• Performed in an Agile environment (both Scrum and Kanban)
• Maintained our team’s Jenkins pipelines
• Oversaw production deployments
• Diagnosed live production defects using Sentry and Splunk
• Worked with our Business Analysts and Product Owner to triage security issues and technical debt
• Documented vital team processes

I graduated with a Bachelor of Science, double majoring in Computer Science and History. I learned a broad range of skills and competencies, including:

• Critical thinking, reasoning, and writing skills with extended historical analyses
• Web and mobile development
• Relational database design and interaction
• Object oriented programming in Java