Hi! I'm Alex.

Web Developer

Fixing software bugs illustration from Undraw

a little bit about me

Kumusta ka? I'm a Web Developer and QA Engineer based in Sydney with over 7 years of experience in coding, ~~breaking~~testing and delivering core features to apps millions of Australians use everyday.

By day, I work at Aussie broadcaster SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) where I work on the website and APIs that support video streaming service SBS On Demand. SBS On Demand streams over 11,000+ hours of content to over 1 million active viewers per month for free. I design, build and maintain end-to-end and integration test automation scripts. I also use my technical skills, product knowledge and agile delivery experience to investigate and recommend solutions to incidents and customer problems. I am also an advocate for Web Accessibility. Whenever I have a spare moment, I even fix bugs.

By night, I take online courses to help me improve as a developer and enjoy tinkering with side projects to put what I've learned into practice.

Outside of digital life you can find me either running, bushwalking, lifting or baking (Banana Bread is my specialty!)

portfolio

Pomodoro Timer

Technologies used: Javascript, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS

A simple and mobile-responsive productivity timer based off the Pomodoro method - 25 minutes of work, 5 minutes break. I rely on this when I need to focus and also to remind myself to take breaks.

Demo Github

Simon Game

Technologies used: Javascript, HTML, CSS

This app was inspired by the classic electronic game of memory skill from the 70s. The game has four buttons with different colours which are lit up by pressing on it, or being activated. A sound also accompanies the buttons when it is pressed. A round in the game starts by lighting one or more colours at random, after which the player must copy that order by pressing the correct colours. As the game progresses, the number of colours to be pressed increase, as well as the speed at which it is presented.

Demo Github

Javascript Calculator

Technologies used: Javascript, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS

A simple calculator that provides the basic mathematical functions similar to what you find on an handheld pocket calculator.

Demo Github

résumé

download résumé in PDF format

Experience

Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia

QA Analyst

July 2017 - Present

Javascript (ES6), Cypress, Web Accessibility, PHP, PHPUnit, CharlesProxy, Wireshark, React

Set up and currently maintain e2e Test Automation suites for Web platform and Login web service with Cypress and Javascript from scratch, plus integrated the suites into Bitbucket Pipelines for continuous testing. This has helped the team identify critical bugs and issues during refactoring and player upgrades
Helped build and currently maintain an e2e API Integration Test Suite using PHPUnit which has saved hours typically taken for manual regression tests
Analyse, code, test and deploy accessibility bugfixes

Self-Employed

Freelance Web Designer & Developer

April 2017 - December 2018

Wordpress, Mailchimp, HTML, CSS

Designing a Mailchimp marketing campaign for an online Organic Health & Makeup store
Customising Wordpress landing page for a Meditation & Health consultation service
Customising Wordpress site for a Kids' Clothing online store

Atlassian

Associate QA Engineer

May 2016 - September 2016

Contributed to quality and testing processes within the Confluence Integration, Customer organisations, and Approvals features of JIRA Service Desk through QA Kickoffs, Demos, Blitz testing, Product Tours and manual testing
Contributing to testing of Customer organisations to Service Desk Cloud, Atlassian's most requested feature at the time (with over 1300 watchers on JIRA ticket JSD-270).

Commonwealth Bank

Technical Business Analyst & Scrum Master

February 2013 - April 2016

Analysis, acceptance testing and agile delivery of Payments, Cards and Account Details features of the CommBank app and CommBank app for Tablet
Delivered Pay to New BSB, Pay to Address Book, Pay to BPAY and Scheduled Payments APIs and mobile frontend in 8 months

Education

freeCodeCamp

Front End Web Development Certification

2016 - 2017

freeCodeCamp is a nonprofit global online community which provides a open source curriculum for learning how to code.
My study involved over 400 hours of coursework which included introduction and intermediate HTML, CSS and Javascript; basic and intermediate algorithm scripting; and web development projects (please see my portfolio).

My Front End Web Development Certificate

University of Technology, Sydney

Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-Op Scholarship)

2010 - 2012

This is 3-year fast track degree with a focus on Computer Information Systems and Management. In parallel to study I also had the opportunity to take part in two six month full-time industry placements. I worked at:

IBM
Commonwealth Bank

More information about the UTS Bachelor of Information Technology Program

Community & Volunteering

Bushwalking NSW Inc.

Webmaster

May 2017 - April 2020

Wordpress, Mailchimp, HTML, CSS

Bushwalking NSW is the peak body for bushwalkers in NSW and the ACT. It represents the interests 12,000 bushwalkers from over 70 bushwalking clubs throughout the state, and provides a united voice to local, state and federal government agencies and other bodies on issues affecting bushwalkers.
Responsible for all things web administration and development. Tasks I've worked on include:
- data migration of over 600 members to Mailchimp
- designing and managing Mailchimp email marketing campaigns
- executing site upgrades

contact

Got a question or some feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Feel free to email me or hit me up on one of my social networks.