My name is
Justin
Lead Software Engineer
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
About Me
As a Lead Software and AI Engineer on the department's Innovation team, I build and design scalable experimentation and AIOps platforms.
These platforms enable cheap, fast, evaluation-based AI experiments and ensure a consistent flow of ideas from experimentation to production, empowering teams to deliver impactful solutions efficiently.
Experience
Lead Software & AI Engineer
Innovation Team, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations- Design and build scalable experimentation and AIOps platforms
- Enable cheap, fast, evaluation-based AI experiments
- Ensure consistent flow from experimentation to production
Lead Software Engineer
Digital Delivery, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations- Built scalable platforms for distributed services
- Focused on observability, messaging, and transactional integrity
- Led cross-functional engineering teams
Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft- Software Engineering Lead - Development and leading teams of software engineers to deliver a globally used toolset within Microsoft ISD
- Data Engineering - Design and Development of high performance data pipelines using Azure Functions, KEDA, Kubernetes, PySpark, Synapse, Datalake, and Azure DevOps
- Custom Copilot development - Development of custom OpenAI-powered copilots for both internal products and customer products using Python Flask, LangChain, Azure OpenAI
- Sustainability - thought and action leadership in applying sustainability principles in Software and Data Engineering. Design and development of sustainability data pipeline for consumption in Microsoft Sustainability Manager
- Distributed systems design and engineering - Design and development of a distributed data pipeline on Kubernetes (KEDA). Implemented GitOps toolset and principles
Skills
AI Software Engineering
Experiment and deploy AI-powered applications using LLMs, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, and Azure AI services
Data Engineering
High-performance pipelines with Azure Functions, KEDA, Kubernetes, PySpark, and Synapse
Cloud Architecture
Scalable distributed systems on Azure with microservices and containerization
DevOps & GitOps
CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated deployment strategies
Engineering Leadership
Leading cross-functional engineering teams and driving technical strategy
Sustainable Software Engineering
Applying sustainability principles in software and data engineering practices
Let's Connect
I'm always interested in discussing new opportunities, innovative projects, or just having a good conversation about technology.