B. Sci. (Computer Science)
University of New South Wales, 2018, HCI & data visualisation, security, web application engineering.
About
I'm a design-minded engineer and product leader with a background in journalism. Most recently I've been leading product and engineering at the frontier of AI, building the technical and product foundations for some of Australia’s fastest-growing startups. Before that I built design systems at Atlassian. I thrive at the intersection of design, product strategy and technical execution.
Education
B. Com. & Liberal Studies
University of Sydney, 2010, economics, political economy, psychology.
Technical Skills
AI & LLMs: LLM orchestration, Prompt engineering, Voice agents (STT/TTS), AI SDKs, Model Context Protocol, AI evaluation & guardrails
Design & Product: Prototyping, Design systems, Component architecture, UI/UX, Product strategy, Stakeholder management
Frameworks: React, Node.js, Next.js, Astro, NestJS, Remix, Vue.js, Tailwind
Infrastructure: Docker, AWS, GCP, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Temporal, Vercel, Terraform, Git
Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, HTML, CSS, Go, C
Experience
Lorikeet, Founding Product & Engineering Lead, 2023-
Employee #2 at Lorikeet, an AI-native CX platform. I drove the technical and product foundations as we grew from pre-revenue to Series B.
Atlassian Design System, Senior Software Engineer, 2020-2023
Took a leading role in evolving the Atlassian Design System, working closely with designers to build a new generation of components and tools. Led the architecture and rollout of new spacing and typography foundations across the company.
Atlassian, Software Engineer, 2019-2020
Built and rolled out a real user monitoring system across Atlassian's cloud and server products using Node.js, Docker, AWS and Go.
Web / OSS, Open Source Contributor, 2018-
Contributed regularly to OSS projects including @compiled, @emotion, storybook-addon-performance and eslint-codemod-utils. I see OSS contribution as an important part of being a developer.
Kayo Sports, Web Developer, 2018-2019
Helped build and launch a new sports video streaming platform for the web with React and Node.js.
Buy Somewhere, Developer, 2017-2017
Worked as a core developer on an independent game label, launching an augmented reality Monopoly-esque game for mobile. I was a part of a small team driving the games geo-location mechanics.
University of New South Wales, TA / Tutor, 2016-2019
Tutored and acted as a lecturer's assistant in UNSW's foundational computer science subjects since 2016. In 2018, I helped architect a new JavaScript and UI course.
Freelance, Web Developer, 2015-
Built and helped maintain websites for universities, architecture firms and not-for-profit organisations.
The Guardian, Deputy Editor (Sport & Tech), 2015-2016
Acted as digital producer for the Guardian's data visualisation projects. Wrote news and features, took charge of community engagement, ran liveblogs, and commissioned work from external contributors.
SBS, Journalist / Digital Producer, 2011-2015
Wrote op-eds, news, liveblogs and other features for SBS's online sport platforms. Covered the Tour de France on location as part of the broadcast team. Hosted and produced a revamped SBS Cycling podcast, which twice featured among iTunes top-10 sports podcasts.
Other notables
I'm an occassional OSS contributor, I've co-authored a book on the Tour de France, and have appeared on ABC radio, triple j.