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AI Provenance Platform

Local-first desktop app (Tauri v2 + Rust, SQLCipher, on-device ONNX embeddings with HNSW search) paired with an ElysiaJS/Bun + PostgreSQL backend, producing tamper-proof audit reports that link final documents to recorded work history.

Code Intelligence MCP Server

Rust code-indexing engine that gives AI coding agents semantic understanding of a codebase via MCP. Combines Tree-sitter parsing, BM25 (Tantivy) + vector search (LanceDB) fused via RRF, on-device embeddings, LLM-generated symbol descriptions (Qwen2.5-Coder via llama.cpp, Metal GPU), and graph intelligence (call hierarchies, PageRank, impact analysis) across 23 MCP tools.

Lottery Platform Modernisation

Led modernisation of a legacy lottery platform to React + AWS serverless, sustaining 50K+ daily transactions while improving deploy frequency and reliability, and coaching the client's engineers to own the new platform after handover.

High-Performance Capital Raise Trading Platform

Next.js front-end backed by java microservices over gRPC, meeting strict low-latency targets and shaped around real trading workflows with finance stakeholders.

Patient & Caregiver Scheduling App

Cross-platform React Native (expo) + Node.js + PostgreSQL app on AWS streamlining caregiver-patient coordination with scheduling, notifications, and data security.

Coach-Player Analysis Tool

Supabase + React app delivering real-time insights and interactive sports dashboards.

Real-time Chat App

React + Convex chat with real-time communication and offline support.

Mechanical Rock · Perth, Australia

• Partner directly with customers and domain experts to frame problems, validate solutions, and measure outcomes, often standing in for product and design on smaller engagements.
• Architected and built an AI provenance desktop platform (Tauri v2 + Rust + React, SQLCipher, ONNX-based local embeddings, ElysiaJS/PostgreSQL backend) that proves document authorship via tamper-proof audit reports.
• Built a Rust-based Code Intelligence MCP Server that augments AI coding agents with semantic search, call graphs, and impact analysis over local codebases, combining Tree-sitter parsing, hybrid BM25 + vector retrieval, and on-device LLM enrichment.
• Embedded agentic coding workflows (Claude Code, Codex) into day-to-day delivery, authoring repo-level agent guidelines and skills files to accelerate features, refactors, and code review without sacrificing quality.
• Led development of a patient and caregiver management application (React Native + Node.js + PostgreSQL on AWS), improving scheduling, appointment tracking, and communication workflows.
• Modernised a lottery platform to React + AWS serverless, scaling to 50K+ daily transactions and coaching client developers to sustain new features.
• Architected a high-performance capital-raise trading platform with a Next.js frontend and Java microservices over gRPC for low-latency execution.
• Refreshed the company website with Astro + Sanity (SSR), improving SEO, page performance, and editorial workflows.
• Launched a coach-player data analysis app using React + Supabase with interactive dashboards for sports decision-making.
• Designed caching and state management strategies, cutting page load times and boosting engagement.

Risk Management Technologies · Perth, Australia

• Directed enterprise-wide cloud migration strategy, aligning the roadmap with business risks.
• Built IaC frameworks with Terraform and Ansible, cutting provisioning time dramatically.
• Designed containerised architectures, improving deployment speed and system recovery.
• Institutionalised SRE practices, standardising observability, playbooks, and automation.

Risk Management Technologies · Perth, Australia

• Implemented CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab), reducing deployments from hours to minutes.
• Modernised build systems, migrating from Ant to Gradle and SVN to Git, simplifying pipelines.
• Rolled out a monitoring and observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Embedded quality and security gates in CI/CD, enforcing cleaner, safer releases.

Risk Management Technologies · Perth, Australia

• Architected a reusable test automation framework, increasing coverage and reducing manual effort.
• Integrated automated tests into CI/CD, cutting regression testing from days to hours.
• Mentored QA engineers, creating hands-on training programs for test automation.
• Executed large-scale performance testing, identifying and resolving bottlenecks.
• Conducted application security testing aligned with OWASP guidelines, delivering audit reports.