Timeline

Roles from the CV and projects from Work in one line, newest first.

2022

• JulEngineering Manager (Hirer Enablement), SEEK role · Jul 2022 – presentThree teams, two of which I founded — one owning the shared services behind SEEK's hirer products, the other centralising run-the-business work that used to sit with every team separately —…

2021

• MarEngineering Manager (Indirect, Aggregation & Platform Reliability, Asia), SEEK role · Mar 2021 – Jun 2022Managed a team of 8. Increased ad postings by ~250%, reduced total P1 downtime by ~75%, and modernised legacy APIs. Hiring, onboarding, mentoring, removing workflow impediments, backlog…

2020

• JunPrincipal Engineer, SEEK role · Jun 2020 – Mar 2021Helped my team of 6 modernise legacy architecture with a DevOps culture and better security. Shared knowledge with other engineers through pair-programming (Docker, Git, UNIX shell).…

2019

• NovConsultant Engineer, SEEK role · Nov 2019 – May 2020Configured hybrid environments using AWS SSM. Debugged search back-end issues in PHP. Extracted and queried data for scam investigations. Fixed legacy Selenium tests to run across dev…

2018

• AugFreelance Consultant (2018–22), Freelance role · Aug 2018 – 20222022: Software architecture design for headless commerce. 2021: Custom crypto portfolio tracker using spreadsheets and the CoinGecko API. Clients: Gun.io (tech lead on client…F

2017

• MayChief Technology Officer, AirAsia Activities (Touristly) role · May 2017 – Jul 2018An activity-booking API and white-label web app provider that also built Vidi, a video-based travel discovery feature. Scaled engineering to 10 engineers (infrastructure, web front-end,…

2014

• MaySenior Web Developer, AirAsia Activities (Touristly) role · May 2014 – Apr 2017For infra, initiated implementation of Terraform, CircleCI, AWS Lambda, Elastic Transcoder, EC2, SNS and S3. For back-end, initiated implementation of Ruby on Rails, Ember.js and a…
• 8 AprBluetoffee Books project · web development · design
• FebFreelance Consultant (2014–16), Freelance role · Feb 2014 – 2016Clients: Bluetoffee Books, Streething, Lassdan, Amnesty International Malaysia, Socialist Party of Malaysia, Arts Education Archive Malaysia, Penang Heritage Trust. 2016: Modernised…F
• 14 JanMUBI project · web development

2013

• JulWeb Developer, MUBI role · Jul 2013 – Jan 2014An online cinema for watching, discovering and discussing great films. Front-end development (JS, CSS, HTML5). Helped with UX and Ruby on Rails development.
• 6 FebMyTeksi project · design · web development

2012

• DecFreelance Consultant (2012–13), Freelance role · Dec 2012 – Jun 2013Clients: DemiRakyat (Nov 2012 – Mar 2013), Union Web Services (a US worker co-op — trained dev apprentices from the Communication Workers of America), Arts Education Archive Malaysia,…F
• 17 OctNational Forum on Public Transport project · design
• 29 AugImperial College Dept of Chemical Engineering project · web development
• 23 MarLeft Theatre project · design
• 28 FebEO6 - People Power vs The State project · design
• JanFront-End Designer/Developer, Grab (MyTeksi) role · Jan 2012 – Nov 2012Second full-time developer and employee #3. Front-end: Ember.js, HTML5, CSS, Compass, Susy, Sencha Touch 2, Zepto.js. Designed and built the UI for the operator/admin dashboard and a…

2011

• 2 NovIBEW Local 177 project · web development
• 2 NovSWAT Paintball project · design · web development
• 31 OctPenang Heritage Trust project · web development
• 19 SepWorld Media Academy project · web development
• 7 SepVoice Your Choice project · web development
• 12 AugChow Kit Kita project · web development
• 27 MayIvan Lim Salon project · design · web development
• 27 MarAldeburgh Music project · web development
• 6 Feb2zones2 project · web development

2010

• 17 DecPSM Fundraising Dinner project · design
• 17 DecSMW Local 206, San Diego project · web development
• 8 DecSimply Ask Restaurant Finder project · web development
• 26 FebAccessGuide project · design · web development
• 26 FebHeritage Heboh project · web development
• 26 FebMarking George Town project · design · web development
• 26 FebTHEDUSTB.IN project · design · web development
• 14 JanStreething project · web development

2008

• 30 DecWomen's Centre for Change Penang project · design · web development
• 22 DecINDIEGOAT project · web development · design
• 22 DecLifeLogger project · design · web development
• 5 DecDealing With Authorities project · design
• 1 NovThe Malaysian Book of the Undead project · design
• 6 JulCentro project · web development
• 20 JunSuaram Human Rights Report 2007 project · design
• 9 AprFreedom Film Fest 2008 project · web development
• FebFreelance Consultant (2008–11), Freelance role · Feb 2008 – Dec 2011Trading as Kedai Runcit from 2010. Clients: Logistics Consulting Asia (2010–11), Red Key Digital (Aldeburgh Music, 2011), Union Web Services (IBEW Local 177, SMW Local 206, 2010–11),…F

2007

• 19 NovSTOP PGCC at Beautiful Junk 2007 project · misc
• 13 NovPGCC Slides project · misc
• 27 OctJK Fine Wines project · design · web development
• 26 OctSTOP PGCC Wallpaper project · misc
• 13 OctSTOP PGCC project · design
• 17 AugVideography for Forgotten project · misc

2006

• 25 OctEmpowerment Works project · web development
• OctWeb Developer, MUBI role · Oct 2006 – Jan 2008Front-end: CSS, JS, Prototype, AJAX, Flash. UI/UX design.
• 1 AprSaskatoon project · design

2005

• 1 DecPersonal Website of Evo Morales project · web development · web design
• 20 AprDays of Action project · design · web development
• JanUI Designer/Developer, LifeLogger role · Jan 2005 – Jan 2006A social network partly funded by DiGi Telecommunications. As lead front-end developer I built it in XHTML and CSS, making it one of the first websites in Malaysia to use them. Also built…L

2004

• JanWeb Designer, Emanon Sdn Bhd role · Jan 2004 – Dec 2004Clients: Dell, Penang YTL-Arts Festival, Penang Butterfly Farm, Sim Leisure. Designed and built the UI for the in-house CMS. Led W3C-compliant CSS and XHTML development at the company,…E

2001

• JanWeb Designer/Developer, Freelance role · Jan 2001 – Dec 2003Web development and design for local dev shops and design agencies while studying full-time. Back-end: PHP, Textpattern, WordPress · Front-end: JS, CSS. Clients: Surforever, DocuXpress,…F
• Bachelor's Degree, Computing Studies, Northumbria University education · 2001 – 2003N