Andrew Davidson

Senior Engineer | Primarily UI and Processes, DevOps / Code Management

Greater Melbourne Area

About

I've over a decade of experience in Software Engineering spanning from Backend / Frontend / Full Stack through to Technical & Team leads, working both at Startups and standard companies. I am a process driven, technical excellence and best practice champion, with an unexpected knack for both translating technical speech / information to normal English while also having a strong business use case comprehension. On a more personal side, I am an avid fantasy fan and a gamer at that.

Experience

  • Technical Lead at LittleShovels
    Sep 2020 - Apr 2024 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    Leading the implementation of code and technology within the company, and promoting a dev culture of `think before you code` * Technical guidance for solutions, incl. scoping and documentation, as well as guiding requirements gathering to support vague business requirements * Software development – both for internal systems and client requirements * Education and mentoring of newcomers * Efficient task delegation to team members

  • Java Developer at Visual Jazz Isobar
    Sep 2013 - Apr 2020 · 6 yrs 8 mos

    Supporting the Frontend team by developing and providing APIs to access new and / or existing data within the complex data-structure restraints of Oracle WebCenter Sites 11, and internal custom data-stores for non-conformant data structures. All the while ensuring that the local client (Holden) was adhering to their parent company's (GM) global requirements within the Australian landscape. Also heavily involved in the CICD pipeline and processes of the entire team (FED + BED + QA), and was able to rollout a 75% compile time reduction in the CICD pipeline from a fractured (Teamcity + Jenkins) flow to a singular AzureDevops pipeline.

  • Engineering Intern at CSIRO
    Nov 2010 - Mar 2011 · 5 mos