What do I do?

I work across all aspects of product development. I believe that a deeper understanding of the stack allows one to architect higher quality/more robust solutions and diagnose/solve bugs/issues more efficiently. I revel in building applications/systems from the ground up as well as maintaining and enhancing pre-existing systems.

I’m currently spending my personal time with AWS, Terraform, Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, React, GraphQL etc. (non-MS stack). In my day job I work with Azure, Bicep, C#, dotnet, SQL Server etc. (MS stack).

Anything else?

I love music. Music is life. I am an avid collector of vinyl records which I catalog/track with Discogs, amassing a collection over 800 during COVID lockdowns in Melbourne.

I am a keen contributor to open source software and have created and shared a number of my own projects with the community. I also enjoy being behind the camera lens capturing moments. Check out my GitHub profile, project portfolio and music blog below. I am an advocate for suicide awareness and prevention after losing two very close friends to the dark side.

Who am I?

I'm Jordan, a software engineer interested in music. I was born in New Zealand where I spent the first 23 years of my life. I moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2014 after enjoying thousands of earthquakes in Christchurch and deciding a broken city was not for me at the time. After eight years living life in Melbourne I took the opportunity to relocate to Austin, Texas mid 2022 for work.

I am currently living and working remotely back in Te Waipounamu, Aotearoa after relocating home in early 2024 for health reasons. I've since been reinvigorated by how strong and warm the Kiwi culture is and how greedy the rest of the world is after more than a decade away.