Smudge is a leading New Zealand software development company based in Christchurch. It develops high-quality consumer facing and enterprise apps for reknowned clients such as Coca-Cola Amatil, SKY NZ and NZ Police.

During my time at Smudge I have employed software-engineering development practices such as Scrum, rapid-prototyping and Smudge's intention-based design methodology, to deliver projects that meet client requirements.

Smudge's culture is fast-paced and cross-functional meaning that I have had the chance to work with the team to build a wide variety of software systems. This has helped me to further refine my skills in client-consultation, UI/UX design, mobile development in iOS and Android, and ReactJS web development.

The University of Canterbury International Relationships Office is responsible for managing the university's international student programmes.

I have worked with the team at UCIRO on two cross-platform React Native applications to enhance the way that they distribute information to inbound and outbound students.

This role has provided me with additional understanding of the nuances, best-practices and challenges in developing cross-platform software.

SKOPE is a long-running manufacturer of high quality refrigeration units in Australia and New Zealand.

As a software engineering intern with the company I worked with the Engineering and IT departments to develop a new system to be able to easily monitor and analyse refrigeration data retrieved from units in the field.

I spent time evaluating and understanding the existing data acquisition processes to ensure the end result would be able to meet the needs of engineers and testers in the department.

I relied upon modern, and predominately open-source technologies such as Python, JavaScript, NodeJS, HTML, CSS, and Microsoft SQL. These allowed for a light-weight, cost-effective, and maintainable solution.