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I am a software engineer with 15+ years building distributed systems across banking, retail, and aviation. I spend most of my time in .NET and Azure, but what actually gets me going is the architectural side - defining domain boundaries, writing the technical options papers, and making sure the systems I work on are genuinely simpler after I leave than when I arrived. I recently completed a Master’s in Data Science at Otago and have been using Claude Code as part of my daily engineering workflow - AI-augmented development for architecture analysis, refactoring, and accelerated delivery. I’ve relocated to Sydney and am pursuing Staff or Principal roles where I can own technical direction, reduce complexity, and help other engineers be more effective.…I am a software engineer with 15+ years building distributed systems across banking, retail, and aviation. I spend most of my time in .NET and Azure, but what actually gets me going is the architectural side - defining domain boundaries, writing the technical options papers, and making sure the systems I work on are genuinely simpler after I leave than when I arrived. I recently completed a Master’s in Data Science at Otago and have been using Claude Code as part of my daily engineering workflow - AI-augmented development for architecture analysis, refactoring, and accelerated delivery. I’ve relocated to Sydney and am pursuing Staff or Principal roles where I can own technical direction, reduce complexity, and help other engineers be more effective.

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I am a software engineer with 15+ years building distributed systems across banking, retail, and aviation. I spend most of my time in .NET and Azure, but what actually gets me going is the architectural side - defining domain boundaries, writing the technical options papers, and making sure the systems I work on are genuinely simpler after I leave than when I arrived. I recently completed a Master’s in Data Science at Otago and have been using Claude Code as part of my daily engineering workflow - AI-augmented development for architecture analysis, refactoring, and accelerated delivery. I’ve relocated to Sydney and am pursuing Staff or Principal roles where I can own technical direction, reduce complexity, and help other engineers be more effective.…I am a software engineer with 15+ years building distributed systems across banking, retail, and aviation. I spend most of my time in .NET and Azure, but what actually gets me going is the architectural side - defining domain boundaries, writing the technical options papers, and making sure the systems I work on are genuinely simpler after I leave than when I arrived. I recently completed a Master’s in Data Science at Otago and have been using Claude Code as part of my daily engineering workflow - AI-augmented development for architecture analysis, refactoring, and accelerated delivery. I’ve relocated to Sydney and am pursuing Staff or Principal roles where I can own technical direction, reduce complexity, and help other engineers be more effective.

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I am a software engineer with 15+ years building distributed systems across banking, retail, and aviation. I spend most of my time in .NET and Azure, but what actually gets me going is the architectural side - defining domain boundaries, writing the technical options papers, and making sure the systems I work on are genuinely simpler after I leave than when I arrived.

I recently completed a Master’s in Data Science at Otago and have been using Claude Code as part of my daily engineering workflow - AI-augmented development for architecture analysis, refactoring, and accelerated delivery. I’ve relocated to Sydney and am pursuing Staff or Principal roles where I can own technical direction, reduce complexity, and help other engineers be more effective.

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Senior Contract Engineer at Woolworths Group Australia

November 1, 2025 - Present

Architected NZ Order Fulfilment integration and bounded contexts (Order Adaptor and Status Adaptor). Designed event-driven intake from Checkout via Protobuf, persisted in Trader DB, and published to Fulfilment Service Bus with a gRPC backchannel for downstream order queries. Implemented configuration-driven ACL provider switching to enable local development and clean separation between legacy and new domain models. Engineered resilient message processing with transient/fatal error classification and improved observability with scoped logging across distributed services.

Senior Contract Engineer at Kiwibank

February 1, 2025 - October 1, 2026

Led performance optimisation initiatives across core banking APIs, achieving 95% latency reduction by parallelising calls, asynchronous I/O patterns, and targeted SQL Server indexing. Co-delivered the SaferPayments feature and built .NET 8 microservices and UI components for the Internet Banking Modernisation. Implemented secure OAuth 2.0 integration and robust CI/CD pipelines.

Senior Contract Engineer at Woolworths New Zealand

April 1, 2020 - February 1, 2025

Designed and built the Common Fulfilment Order subgraph (federated GraphQL) aggregating data from CommerceTools and fulfilment systems into a single view. Implemented an Order ACL with runtime provider switching for test and production, built a cross-service Customer resolution backchannel, and introduced DataLoader patterns for GraphQL efficiency. Authored domain sanity documents and established end-to-end developer enablement for Checkout, Fulfilment, and CommerceTools teams.

Senior Contract Engineer at Vista Entertainment

November 1, 2019 - April 1, 2020

Led the technical design and delivery of .NET-based APIs for the Connect platform, translating business requirements into scalable service contracts. Implemented middleware with REST and EF Core, introduced CI/CD automation and API versioning to reduce integration complexity across distributed teams.

Senior Contract Engineer at Datacom → Air New Zealand

February 1, 2018 - November 1, 2019

Developed the Armor Rebooking Engine RESTful services for disrupted flight management. Migrated backend from NHibernate to EF Core applying Domain-Driven Design to improve scalability and business alignment. Modernised legacy .NET Framework systems to .NET Core, supporting full-stack delivery using React/Redux and AngularJS.

Technical Lead Engineer at Britehouse → Nedbank

September 1, 2017 - February 1, 2018

Modernised the Business Apply Online platform, implementing secure backend features with SMS OTP verification and upgrading core onboarding workflows to improve security and efficiency.

Technical Lead Engineer at Britehouse → Sumitomo Rubber SA

November 1, 2015 - August 1, 2017

Led the International Dealer Portal design and delivery, enabling multi-region international dealer operations with a stable, high-availability portal and a full stack implementation.

Senior Software Engineer at South African Reserve Bank

February 1, 2013 - October 1, 2015

Led service development for the Financial Surveillance Department Portal, delivering secure digital workflows and cross-system file transfers via WCF/SOAP integrations with external systems (Online Intelligence, SharePoint, Dynamics CRM).