Experience

My professional journey in platform engineering, cloud architecture, and software development.

Platform Engineering Lead — Pickles Auctions

2020 — Present

Leading platform engineering for one of Australia's largest car auction companies.

  • Architecting and operating the internal developer platform
  • Managing cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure for reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
  • Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Buildkite)
  • Implementing observability and alerting with Datadog and Application Insights
  • Driving significant cloud cost optimisation initiatives

Full Stack Engineer — iflix

2016 — 2017

Full-stack engineering at one of Southeast Asia's leading video streaming platforms.

  • Developed and shipped front-end features using Vue.js and Nuxt.js for a high-traffic platform
  • Built and maintained Node.js backend services and REST APIs
  • Contributed to CI/CD pipeline improvements and deployment automation

Senior Software Engineer — Accenture

2013 — 2016

Enterprise software delivery for clients across multiple industries.

  • Led development of full-stack web applications and REST APIs for large enterprise clients
  • Guided junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and mentorship
  • Drove adoption of cloud-native patterns and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)

Tech Consultant & Cloud Architect — RAKAN Consultancy / Freelance

2016 — 2019

Independent consulting and cloud architecture for startups and SMEs.

  • Delivered cloud architecture and migration projects on AWS and Azure
  • Built and deployed full-stack web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks
  • Designed DevOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines for client modernisation projects