I'm Harry Walsh—a self-taught software developer currently studying at Dev Academy Aotearoa. I'm passionate about building robust, scalable apps and automating testing and deployments. I've created CI/CD pipelines, front-end and back-end projects using HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript, and SQLite, with strong test coverage using Vitest and Jest. I value clear communication, collaboration, and delivering quality software that makes a real difference. In my spare time I love gaming, problem solving, and learning new technologies. I'm actively seeking exciting DevOps and Software Testing roles to grow my knowledge base and help teams ship reliable software that improves people's lives.

Harry Walsh

I'm Harry Walsh—a self-taught software developer currently studying at Dev Academy Aotearoa. I'm passionate about building robust, scalable apps and automating testing and deployments. I've created CI/CD pipelines, front-end and back-end projects using HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript, and SQLite, with strong test coverage using Vitest and Jest. I value clear communication, collaboration, and delivering quality software that makes a real difference. In my spare time I love gaming, problem solving, and learning new technologies. I'm actively seeking exciting DevOps and Software Testing roles to grow my knowledge base and help teams ship reliable software that improves people's lives.

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I’m Harry Walsh—a self-taught software developer currently studying at Dev Academy Aotearoa. I’m passionate about building robust, scalable apps and automating testing and deployments. I’ve created CI/CD pipelines, front-end and back-end projects using HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript, and SQLite, with strong test coverage using Vitest and Jest. I value clear communication, collaboration, and delivering quality software that makes a real difference.

In my spare time I love gaming, problem solving, and learning new technologies. I’m actively seeking exciting DevOps and Software Testing roles to grow my knowledge base and help teams ship reliable software that improves people’s lives.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Volunteer Retail Assistant at SPCA Op Shop
June 1, 2023 - July 1, 2024
Provided exemplary customer service, engaging in a friendly, polite, and personable manner. Used POS systems to process sales, donations and returns.
Software Developer (Student) at Dev Academy Aotearoa
August 1, 2024 - December 1, 2024
Created a web-based graphical game (Mycelium) using React, TypeScript, Tailwind and Phaser 3 in an Agile team, delivering an MVP within a 7-day sprint. Developed full-stack projects using HTML, CSS, React, JavaScript, TypeScript and SQLite with high test coverage (Vitest & Jest). Implemented and tested weather, news and local-time APIs for a social-media style project and contributed to the front-end UX with data-driven decisions.
Volunteer Developer/Software Tester at Cokoha (Community Sharing App)
April 4, 2025 - July 1, 2024
Created a continuous integration pipeline for the project using Playwright for API testing, eliminating the need for manual testing using Postman Enhanced the project’s defect triage system by standardising bug reports Manually tested both development and production builds to spot inconsistencies and bugs Wrote test scenarios using BDD for user acceptance and regression testing Implemented sorting logic on the front-end so users only see posts from their region

Education

Software Developer (Student) at Dev Academy Aotearoa
August 1, 2024 - December 1, 2024

Qualifications

The Complete 2025 Software Testing Bootcamp
May 1, 2025 - May 23, 2025
Certificate in Applied Software Development
December 1, 2024 - December 8, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Retail, Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other