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Freedom

2025 - Who Knows

My foundation in Mechatronic Engineering taught me to synthesise diverse perspectives and value every field, but my career brought only disillusionment as people encouraged me to pick a lane and stick to it. I sought a broader scope and now explore the great unknown through painting and writing. Follow me on social media to view my work and learn more.

Waymo

Senior Software Engineer (2023 - 2024)

I was part of the Rider Experience Android team and brought the Waymo Driver directly to people in San Francisco, Phoenix, and a few other places. If you've ever taken a ride with Waymo you've probably used my work. My contributions include:

• Led the design and development of many key features for the Waymo One Android app, including the pickup/dropoff flow, the app onboarding experience, and the ride scheduling flow. This elevated the product above the competition and helped users with real world problems every day.

• Developed critical Android infrastructure to improve engineering efficiency and product quality, including automated testing infrastructure, custom UI components, UI testing tools, and general quality-of-life improvements. This unblocked automated testing, which improved product quality and team velocity.

• Championed the adoption of Kotlin and Jetpack Compose by gaining buy-in from the team, performing necessary infrastructure upgrades, and providing technical support/mentorship to facilitate a smooth transition. This significantly boosted team morale and productivity, and remains critical to talent retention/hiring.

• Collaborated directly with colleagues to find and solve shared problems, including refactoring/replacing obsolete code and repurposing narrowly-scoped code for reuse in new projects. This improved team cohesion and brought new ideas to light.

Overall my contributions were highly polished, extensively documented, and thoroughly tested. I moved the team towards our shared goals, and my contributions continue to help real users every day.

Google

Software Engineer L3 (2018 - 2020), Software Engineer L4 (2020 - 2023)

I was part of the Google Messages Android team with a focus on the main Android app and the Wear OS companion app. If you send text messages on Android, you're probably using something I made. My contributions include:

• Led the design and implementation of the Wear OS companion app rebuild. This supported the Google-wide initiative to launch the Pixel Watch with all new apps.

• Pioneered a novel tool for automated dead code removal. It was adopted by the engineering staff as standard practice in Messages after being proven to systematically reverse code rot issues and prevent further build up.

• Created various features in the Messages phone app including the centrepiece gif/sticker/emoji UI. This elevated the Messages UI ahead of user expectations and paved the way for years of innovation in the communication UX space. The UI was later integrated into other products, including Google Chat.

• Pioneered Kotlin and Jetpack Compose in Google Messages by conducting feasibility studies, achieving senior staff buy-in, and supporting over 100 engineers in their daily work. This resulted in significant improvements to engineering productivity, and remains critical to ongoing talent retention/hiring.

• Supported a Samsung partnership with new features, which unlocked the path to 1B MAUs.

• Contributed to the community by conducting interviews and managing LGBT social events.

Overall my contributions helped billions of people and created an environment where others can flourish.

Early Career

Fusion Australia, Software Developer (2018)

I designed and built banking software for approximately 15 small banks across Australia, with a focus on Android and build infrastructure. I branched out into infosec for this role and taught myself cryptography to patch security holes.

Appvation, Software Developer (2017 - 2018)

I designed and built various applications including the South Australian digital driver's license and the South Australian voting assistant. These products were groundbreaking at the time and remain operational today.

Services Australia, Software Developer (2016 - 2017)

I designed and built production welfare systems for Australians while using automation to modernise the internal bureaucratic operations of the department.

Undergraduate Studies

Bachelor of Mechatronic Engineering (2012 - 2015)

Graduated with first class honours and high distinctions in various fields including robotics, control systems, mathematics, and engineering communication.