I'm a technical leader with a decisive and empathetic approach - I enjoy, and excel at tackling, the wide variety of problems that arise when building software. I've been in the startup space since 2018, quickly moving into a leadership role then heading up a small engineering org. Before then I led an agency dev team, and have been building for the web since 2004.My favourite part of work is taking a product requirement or hard technical problem, defining it clearly in writing, and diving just as deep as needed to propose a solution, which can be peer-reviewed then broken into manageable tasks for myself or the team to implement. Clearly expressing my ideas in writing is a critical part of how I work, and it's a skill that's even more crucial in a remote context.I have a history of impact in every team I've been part of - in my previous career as a web developer, my work consistently won awards in NZ and in Australia. As an agency tech lead, I made the whole team more productive with stronger process & tech. In my first startup gig I was quickly tasked with redesigning our browser rendering engine from the ground up, and when the company pivoted I was chief architect of our cloud content platform. As the company grew I moved naturally into leadership roles but always with a strong technical focus.
Listed skills include Python, Dom Traversal, Sorting, Django Forms, and 6 others.