Senior Full-Stack AI/SaaS Engineer with 11+ years building production web applications, AI-powered workflows, SaaS dashboards, ecommerce platforms, backend APIs, and automation systems. Hands-on expertise across Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python/FastAPI, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Docker, and LLM integrations. I turn complex business workflows into scalable software products—delivering reliable, low-latency APIs, cloud deployments, data pipelines, CMS/ecommerce systems, and CRM automation—while mentoring engineers and shipping clean, maintainable, production-ready code.

Chris Irving

Senior Full-Stack AI/SaaS Engineer with 11+ years building production web applications, AI-powered workflows, SaaS dashboards, ecommerce platforms, backend APIs, and automation systems. Hands-on expertise across Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python/FastAPI, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Docker, and LLM integrations. I turn complex business workflows into scalable software products—delivering reliable, low-latency APIs, cloud deployments, data pipelines, CMS/ecommerce systems, and CRM automation—while mentoring engineers and shipping clean, maintainable, production-ready code.

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Senior Full-Stack AI/SaaS Engineer with 11+ years building production web applications, AI-powered workflows, SaaS dashboards, ecommerce platforms, backend APIs, and automation systems. Hands-on expertise across Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python/FastAPI, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Docker, and LLM integrations.

I turn complex business workflows into scalable software products—delivering reliable, low-latency APIs, cloud deployments, data pipelines, CMS/ecommerce systems, and CRM automation—while mentoring engineers and shipping clean, maintainable, production-ready code.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer, Product developer at Bilue Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
March 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
Built AI-powered SaaS workflows for Hover’s property intelligence platform using Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, and AWS to automate property review, project tracking, measurement workflows, and operational decision-making across contractor and insurance use cases. Integrated OpenAI and Anthropic Claude APIs with structured prompt templates, JSON output validation, retry logic, token tracking, and Pydantic/Zod schema checks, improving production workflow reliability from 78% to 93%. Developed backend automation with FastAPI, Celery, Redis queues, PostgreSQL, webhooks, JWT auth, and OpenAPI docs—reducing duplicate processing by 89% using idempotency keys, Redis locks, retry policies, and DLQ handling. Built scalable AI SaaS dashboard features with Next.js App Router, React Server Components, strict TypeScript, TanStack Query, React Hook Form, Zod, Tailwind, and dynamic imports, improving Lighthouse performance from 72 to 94 and reducing unnecessary r
Senior Software Engineer, Product developer at Bilue
March 1, 2025 - June 1, 2026
Built AI-powered SaaS workflows for Hover’s property intelligence platform using Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python/FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, and AWS. Integrated OpenAI API and Anthropic Claude API with structured prompt templates, JSON validation, retry/token tracking, and Pydantic/Zod schema checks to improve production reliability (78% to 93%). Developed backend automation services with FastAPI, Celery, Redis queues, PostgreSQL, webhooks, JWT auth, and OpenAPI documentation; reduced duplicate job processing by 89% via idempotency keys, Redis locks, retries, and dead-letter queue handling. Delivered scalable dashboard features using Next.js App Router, React Server Components, strict TypeScript, TanStack Query, React Hook Form, Zod, and Tailwind; improved Lighthouse performance (72 to 94) and reduced unnecessary re-renders (46%).
AI Engineer, Trainer at Citadel Health Brisbane QLD, Australia
July 1, 2021 - September 30, 2024
Prepared, cleaned, labeled, and validated text and structured datasets for model training, fine-tuning, benchmarking, and quality assurance. Reviewed AI-generated responses for accuracy, relevance, clarity, safety, factual consistency, and compliance; supported preference-based training by ranking and comparing multiple model outputs. Optimized AI systems for response quality, latency, scalability, token usage, and operational cost by 12 hours per week. Delivered training on prompt engineering, generative AI tooling, and model evaluation, and applied responsible AI practices covering privacy, security, bias detection, explainability, moderation, and human review.
AI Engineer, Trainer at Citadel Health
July 1, 2021 - September 1, 2024
Prepared, cleaned, labeled, and validated text and structured datasets for model training, fine-tuning, benchmarking, and QA. Reviewed AI-generated responses for accuracy, relevance, clarity, safety, factual consistency, and compliance; ranked and compared model outputs for preference-based training/human feedback evaluation. Optimized AI systems for response quality, latency, scalability, token usage, and operational cost. Delivered training sessions on prompt engineering, generative AI tools, model evaluation, and responsible AI practices (privacy, security, bias detection, explainability, moderation, and human review).
Consultation Manager, Full-Stack web developer at Software Newstead, Queensland
July 1, 2015 - July 1, 2021
Developed ecommerce marketplace and CMS features across WordPress, Shopify, Drupal, Magento, PHP, JavaScript, Liquid, MySQL, and REST APIs—supporting product listings, category pages, landing pages, checkout improvements, and promotional campaign workflows. Built reusable CMS templates, custom theme components, product modules, and landing/category layouts, reducing promotion implementation time by 40% while improving desktop/mobile consistency. Improved site performance and content reliability by optimizing PHP templates, MySQL queries, JS assets, image loading, and CSS structure—improving page performance by 36% and reducing publishing issues by 48%. Integrated CRM and marketing automation via Mailchimp, HubSpot, Zapier, REST APIs, webhooks, and tracking scripts (including abandoned-cart triggers and UTM segmentation), increasing automation coverage by 55% and reducing missed CRM updates by 61% while saving ~10 hours/week in manual marketing operations.
Consultation Manager, Full-Stack web developer at Softwar(e) (Newstead, Queensland)
July 1, 2015 - July 1, 2021
Developed ecommerce marketplace and CMS features across WordPress, Shopify, Drupal, Magento, PHP/JavaScript, Liquid, MySQL, and REST APIs. Built reusable CMS templates, theme components, product modules, campaign landing pages, and category layouts, reducing implementation time for promotions by 40% and improving consistency across desktop/mobile. Optimized PHP templates, MySQL queries, JS assets, and image loading to improve page performance by 36% and reduce publishing issues by 48%. Integrated CRM/marketing automation using Mailchimp, HubSpot, Zapier, REST APIs, webhooks, and tracking scripts (including abandoned-cart and UTM segmentation) to increase automation coverage by 55% and reduce missed CRM updates by 61% (saving ~10 hours/week).

Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Queensland
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2013
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Queensland
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2013

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Healthcare, Real Estate & Construction