Resume

Senior Software Engineer L2

LawVu · Remote, New Zealand · Apr 2024 – Aug 2025

• Built and scaled contract management workflows within LawVu's platform, improving onboarding speed and reducing support overhead.
• Engineered backend, infrastructure, and AI/automation solutions to streamline customer onboarding, cutting manual steps and reducing time-to-value.
• Built improved C# backend for complex approval workflows; led migration from legacy systems.
• Designed Python-based spreadsheet transformation service using Python/OpenAI, reducing onboarding data prep.
• Developed Python + Azure AI Content Understanding powered PDF parsing solution processing 10k+ legacy contracts, outperforming commercial tools in accuracy and speed (e.g. Zuva).

Career Break

Austin, TX · Mar 2023 – Apr 2024

Took dedicated time away from full-time engineering to focus on health and well-being. Used this period to reset, reflect, and prepare for the next chapter with renewed energy and perspective, and relocation back to NZ.

Head of Integration Engineering (Principal Engineer)

me&u (FKA Mr Yum) · Melbourne / Austin, TX · Apr 2020 – Mar 2023

• Designed and scaled third-party API integrations for the core platform as an early engineer, enabling rapid partner adoption and platform growth. Scaled integrations from 5 to 50+ partners in 18 months.
• Led integrations team of 6 engineers, mentoring 3 to promotions while establishing development practices adopted across engineering org.
• Led integrations with US partners after relocating to Austin, TX, expanding platform reach and accelerating North American growth.
• Led the modularization of the entire me&u monolithic solution into more agile, focused services, improving scalability and flexibility.
• Delivered production-ready products with TypeScript, React, NestJS, GraphQL, Terraform, and AWS, accelerating platform scalability and improving developer velocity.
• Contributed to growth milestones, including Australia's third-largest Series A ($65M USD, 2021).

Senior Full Stack Developer

APositive · Melbourne, Australia · Dec 2016 – Jul 2020

• Delivered and maintained fintech products using React, Node.js, Terraform, and AWS, strengthening platform reliability and scalability.
• Designed and delivered APay, a key workforce finance product (think Afterpay for recruiters).
• Scripted all infrastructure automation and cloud migration initiatives.

Developer / Senior Developer

Xero · Melbourne, Australia · May 2014 – Dec 2016

• Developed features across multiple Xero teams (fixed assets, quotes, 2FA, provisioning), adapting quickly to new challenges and successfully transitioning to long-term remote collaboration.
• Contributed as a key developer on Xero TaxTouch (iOS) across design, development, release, and production support.
• Partnered with global teams, gaining full end-to-end mobile app delivery experience and adaptability in cross-time-zone collaboration.
• Promoted to senior developer in Oct 2016.

Software Engineer

Telogis / Verizon Connect · Christchurch, NZ · Mar 2012 – Mar 2014

• Built backend services for Telogis Fleet SaaS using .NET, JavaScript, and PostgreSQL in a Kanban environment, improving platform performance and reliability.
• Redesigned and enhanced the Fleet UI with Ext JS, creating reusable custom components adopted across other products.
• Completed a developer exchange in Austin, TX (2013), working on lower-level server-side processes (parsing raw UDP GPS/diagnostic packets into standardized formats).