About Me
I am a software engineer based in Christchurch, New Zealand currently working as a Full Stack Developer for Verizon Connect.
While I am experienced across both frontend and backend development, my passion is creating high performance backend systems using cloud tools and microservice architectures with tools like C#, Typescript, Postgres and AWS.
Skills
Work Experience
Full Stack Engineer at Verizon Connect
As a full stack developer in the Compliance Team, I primarily develop new features and maintain an app used by around 25k unique drivers daily to automatically record their trip details under the Hours of Service Regulations.
A significant feature that my team developed is called Unidentified Driving. This feature automatically generates driving history when a driver fails to log into the app. This feature automated a task that was previously tracked by 20 full-time staff of one of our customers.
I generally work on backend features using microservice and event driven architectures. Technologies that I have used across Verizon Connect include .Net Core, Typescript, Node, Postgresql, Angular and many more.
Part-Time Developer at EPEX LTD
As a student I was part of a team of three developers, contracted by two real estate veterans to found and develop a peer-to-peer platform. The site was launched in 2020 and enables people to buy and sell residential properties online without the need for real estate agents.
Part-Time Developer at Chill Studio
Worked on a web app for ski pass tracking/management software for a client. I was the sole developer to create a digital ski pass that automated the purchase and processing of previously paper-based ski passes.
I also integrated the client's Shopify point of sale system into the ski pass software so passes were automatically added after a sale was made through Shopify.
Technologies used include Typescript, Node, Vue.js, React Native, Postgresql and AWS.
Personal Projects
Roamio
Roamio is a startup that I helped get the initial infrastructure set up for. This includes hosting, continious deployment with AWS, authentication via firebase and initial UI development.
Logicraft - 1st Place Hackathon Project at UC Computer Society
The goal of the hackathon was to improve engagement in computer science amongst children. We decided to create a project which converts an electronic schematic (a logical representation of an electric circuit) into an equivalent circuit in Minecraft.
Minecraft has a powerful concept called Redstone which can be used to emulate electrical circuitry. What better way of teaching kids the inner workings of a computer through building interactive circuits in one of the worlds most popular game!
Code Quiz
Created a web app with a co-student that allows teachers to create programming quizzes for their students.
When I was a high school student, I would have appreciated a more structured way to learn how to program by focusing more on problem solving instead of just learning syntax.
An interesting aspect was utilising Docker to run untrusted code in a sandbox. This project was built with Python (Flask), Vue.js, MySQL and Docker.
Automated Game Highlights Bot
I created a bot which automatically creates a youtube video from the top Twitch.tv clips for a specific game every day.
I wanted my brother to be able to use the bot as well for the days that I couldn't so I also created an easy to use web interface.
Since the bot is built with Golang, I was able to use Golang's strong concurrency primitives to download the videos concurrently.