I'm a full-time Software Engineer III at Watchful, studying Computer Systems
Engineering part-time at the University of Auckland, with a passion for building
things at the intersection of hardware and software.
Tech skills: Svelte & React web development, Rust and C++ systems
programming, 3D printing and design, Python data-processing, DevOps
with on-premise servers, IOT integration.Soft Skills: I work well in a team or independently, excellent
communication, experienced at leading teams, flexible and proactive
with good attention to detail (with an exception for spelling).
Employment History Watchful - Full Stack Software Engineer 2025 Returning to Watchful full-time as a permanent software engineer, working on their security camera monitoring platform. University of Auckland - CIE2024 Part-time role with the Creative Technologist team at the Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, where I stayed for two years. Supervising the makerspace, running equipment workshops,
designing and facilitating curricular workshops, and repairing
equipment. Watchful - Software Engineering Intern 2024 Summer internship as a software engineer at Watchful, a security camera monitoring platform. Developed a device-integration scripting tool, enabling rapid iteration on new security camera integrations and opening the door for third-party developers to create their own. Increased the throughput of a key platform event bottleneck by 15x, just as the old design was hitting its limits. This gave Watchful headroom until a planned rework of the event pipeline. Startup Contracting 2021 Worked with a variety of NZ-based early-to-mid stage startups, developing software and electronics, performing R&D, all with a product-focused mindset.
Altitude Best 2024 Backend engineering for Cheers Abby. Data Pipelines: automatically pulling balance information
out of NZ bank statements using AWS Textract Provida 2021 Development of Provida's Video Meeting offering, based
on Jitsi Meet. Web development of Zui, the community instance of the video meeting offering. Automated scanning and validation of APC medical and
vaccine certificates. Naut 2023 Developed an interactive kiosk running on a
Raspberry Pi, allowing users to play a simple game
using a sailing grinder Worked within a tight timeline and limited personal
availability Integrated the solution with an existing timer system Included a remote management portal with many settings,
multiple game modes, and persistent high scores. N3T 2021 Research and Development on methods of low-cost vehicle
weight estimation. Using Geophones connected to ESP32's to stream live data
to a controller server on a Raspberry Pi. 3D Design and Printing of internal mounts for node
electronics. LilRegie 2021 Developed a new front-end for their online check-in
tool. Implemented vaccine pass and ticket scanning and
validation Integrated with existing infrastructure Highlighted Projects Education UoA - Computer Systems Engineering 2024 Currently in Part III of a University of Auckland
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), studying part-time at
two papers per semester alongside full-time work. Computer Systems Engineering is a mix of Software Engineering and Electrical Engineering. I decided to go down this route due to my love of combining well-designed hardware with excellent software to solve real-world problems. Huanui College 2017 Completed my A2 level Physics, Maths, Computer Science,
and Digital Media under the CIE Curriculum. 2023 Head Boy, leading the prefect group of 20 