Nicholas Matenaar

Senior Software Engineer @ Atlassian

Greater Sydney Area

About

Just a friendly Software Engineer who likes to builds things - especially with Node, React and AWS. Speaker, Teacher, Learner & Open Source Contributor. Strong believer in the power of a beginner's mind.

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

  • Lead Developer at Super Obvious
    Apr 2021 - May 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Super Obvious is the investing app that makes it simple for next-gen investors to align their money with their values and reach their financial goals. As a founding member of the development team, I was brought on to lead development to bring our mobile and web apps to market, working with stakeholders to deliver our investment products from ideation to a successful launch across multiple business areas. * Led development & implementation of pre-launch campaign, marketing site, web app & native apps. * Set cultural and best practice foundations for engineering at Super Obvious. * Involved in hiring of key roles to expand our tech team: senior engineer, lead developer & CTO.

  • Senior Software Engineer at Tricentis
    Nov 2020 - Mar 2021 · 5 mos

    Senior Software Engineer working primarily on open source at flood.io, a subsidiary of tricentis, focusing on performance based testing at scale.

  • Lead Instructor at Academy Xi
    Jul 2020 - Oct 2020 · 4 mos

    Lead Instructor for the Junior Web Development program at Academy Xi with Generation Australia. * Led 40+ students from beginner to Junior Web Developer over a 12 week, full time course. * Managed assistant instructors to deliver content to the best of their ability. * Mentored and trained students as they progressed through their learning journey.

  • Senior Software Engineer at Lendi
    Aug 2018 - Apr 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Senior Software Engineer in first the Web Platform team and later the Home and Onboarding Experience team. * Built tools, constructed best practices and worked to support the larger developer team in building Lendi. * Provided direct support and training to skill up juniors. * Built the onboarding experience for new home loan applicants on Lendi.