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Luke Sexton

Luke Sexton

Software Engineer

Melbourne, Victoria, AU
0427 428 447

Background


About

About

I'm a full stack engineer who can build apps from the ground up. I've worked with startups through to global companies, proven to adapt between generalist and specialist roles based on the project needs.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Software Engineer

    May, 2024 - Present

    Kraken is an all-in-one, smart operating system automating much of the energy supply chain to allow outstanding service and efficiency as the world transitions to a decentralized, decarbonized energy system. I have contributed to residential and commercial chapters of the company, building MVP's and optimising services.

    • Led a team to successfully deliver a product for international clients. This product enabled clients in Japan to automate and optimise workflows when interacting with the Market Management System (MMS).

    • Regionalised Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) services to Australia and United States regions to enable clients to manage their charging stations and optimise their operations.

  • Full-stack Software Developer

    Aug, 2023 - May, 20249 months

    RCS Australia is an agricultural consulting firm known for its commitment to fostering resilient and profitable farm management practices. I was the lead developer of their business analysis platform, FarmEye.

    • Successfully met and exceeded a critical company-set deadline, ensuring the on-time commercial launch of FarmEye, contributing to the company's growth and market success.

    • Designed and integrated Redis cloud caching solution to drastically improve the performance across the entire platform.

    • Designed and developed a robust framework within FarmEye for batch importing transactional data, effectively streamlining the data entry process for end users.

  • Full-stack Software Developer

    Apr, 2022 - Aug, 20231 year 4 months

    Elementree Software is an agriculture consulting firm providing a platform for creating reporting and analysis services. I contributed to building MVP's for clients and optimising our own internal services.

    • Designed and developed a parallel integration testing framework within our API to ensure reliability and confidence in one of our client's flagship features.

    • Designed and integrated a custom grid-style editor, enabling efficient data entry and navigation across multiple categories for our clients.

    • Successfully and rapidly built a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) for one of our clients by integrating new and existing core features.

Skills

Skills

  • TypeScript

    Programming

    Language

  • Python

    Programming

    Language

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    Amazon Bedrock

    AppConfig

    API Gateway

    CloudFormation

    CloudWatch

    DynamoDB

    EC2

    ECR

    ECS

    EKS

    ElastiCache

    EventBridge

    IAM

    IoT Core

    IoT Events

    Kinesis

    Lambda

    RDS

    Route53

    S3

    Secrets Manager

    SES

    SNS

    SQS

    System Manager

    VPC

  • Node JS

    Backend

    API

    OpenAPI

  • React

    Frontend

    Next JS

    Redux

  • CI/CD

    GitHub Actions

    GitLab

  • Databases (NoSQL/SQL)

    PostgreSQL

    DynamoDB

Education

Education

  • Information Technology with Distinction, Bachelor, James Cook University

    Jan, 2018 - Dec, 2020

    Minor in Computer Science

    Advanced Software Engineering

    Design Thinking and Project Management

    Information Security

Interests

Interests

  • Parenting

  • Gardening

  • Music / Jamming