Jack Robinson
Full-stack Software Engineer and Team Lead
Hey there! I'm currently travelling Japan for an extended break. I'm still open to discuss opportunities - either here in Tokyo, or elsewhere. You can reach me via my LinkedIn below.
If you're interested into what I've been up to, check out my photography, github or give some of my writing a read.
Experience
2018-2023
Montoux
(2018-2020) Software Engineer
(2020-2021) Senior Software Engineer
(2021-2023) Platform Development Lead
Montoux builds Actuarial Automation software, improving the workflow for life insurance actuaries. My job involved the full stack, from maintaining and implementing new features on various cloud infrastructure, through to architecting our new frontend client.
Skills: Clojure, Typescript / React, NodeJS, AWS, Terraform, Python, Linux Sysadmin, API and Service Design, Functional Programming, People Management, Product Management.
2014-2018
Xero
(2014-2017) Developer Intern
(2018-2018) Graduate Developer
Xero provides a Cloud-based Accounting service. Worked on projects such as understanding the code health of a legacy monolith, tools to automate a cumbersome deployment process, and analysing user data to better understand product directions.
Skills: C#, ASP.NET, Powershell, NodeJS, React, Python, Terraform, AWS.
Education
2013-2017
Victoria University of Wellington
Bachelor of Engineering (First-class Honours) in Software Engineering
My honours project was the development of a Web-based System for traffic management plans. This project allowed contractors to define to-code plans via a map interface, and generate the required paperwork for permits. Winner of the 2017 Ray Meyer Medal for Excellence in Student Design
Links
Writing
04/12/2023
Short post on how to get your games onto your computer
31/10/2023
Abusing a high powered physics simulation to do something naughty
11/09/2023
Dabbling in some reverse engineering tooling
10/08/2023
In which I get a fancy new RGB keyboard, and explore how to make it glow real nice like