Work Experience

Jan 2023 – Present

Web Senior Developer

Zurich Edge (Zurich Shared Services Malaysia/Zurich APAC)

Delivering insurance products embedded within customer journeys across APAC.

  • Assumed Tech Lead responsibilities, planning, designing, and spearheading the web team's technology direction.
  • Led frontend architecture initiatives, designing and standardizing shared utilities and reusable components across projects.
  • Rebuilt legacy codebases with modern standards within 6 months.
  • Designed and automated CI/CD pipelines, migrating from Bitbucket/Bamboo to GitHub/GitHub Actions.
  • Planned and coordinated Next.js upgrades from versions 12, 13, and 14 to 15, improving application maintainability and future readiness.
  • Established a whitelabel-first approach to enable faster prototyping and partner go-live.
  • Leveraged AWS services including Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS, RUM, Redis, and Secrets Manager for serverless application development, monitoring, caching, runtime configuration, and secret management.
  • Delivered web application projects across Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia, covering multiple insurance products.
  • Applied application governance and security practices using SonarQube, Prisma Cloud, and Veracode.
  • Adopted AI-assisted development workflows using Claude Code and GitHub Copilot for planning, implementation, refactoring, debugging, and code review.
Next.js React.js Redux Node.js TypeScript JavaScript GitHub Actions Git AWS AWS Lambda DynamoDB ECS Redis Claude Code GitHub Copilot
Mar 2021 – Dec 2022

Project Tech Lead

Strands Labs Sdn. Bhd.

Owned technical delivery and implementation for remote FinTech projects.

  • Took ownership of technical responsibilities across project delivery and technical implementation.
  • Delivered an overseas project fully remotely within 6 months.
  • Managed 2 projects simultaneously, coordinating technical delivery, priorities, and project requirements.
  • Acquired working knowledge of Java, PostgreSQL, and GCP to support technical analysis and project delivery.
  • Mentored and managed teams of 2-5 engineers, ensuring projects were delivered on schedule and to required standards.
  • Collaborated with other Tech Leads to deliver performance-critical fixes and value-added features to the core product.
React.js Java PostgreSQL GCP GKE Docker
Jun 2017 – Dec 2022

Senior Frontend Engineer

Strands Labs Sdn. Bhd.

Delivered time-critical frontend projects and development processes in the FinTech industry.

  • Worked as part of a project delivery team within the FinTech industry.
  • Designed and automated software delivery workflows using Git-flow and SemVer-compliant processes.
  • Led teams of 2-4 frontend engineers in delivering time-critical projects.
  • Guided frontend troubleshooting, technical analysis, and requirements gathering with clients.
  • Delivered 4+ frontend customization projects on schedule and to a high standard.
  • Contributed technical and product improvement ideas that were incorporated into the core product.
React.js Redux JavaScript webpack Jenkins Git Docker Java PostgreSQL GCP GKE Oracle DB
Mar 2013 – Mar 2017

Software Engineer

Positive Grid Inc.

Developed iOS applications and frontend software for audio plugin products.

  • Developed iOS applications and frontend software for audio plugin products.
  • Led a 3-month proof-of-concept (POC) to migrate from AngularJS to React.js to improve real-time performance.
  • Worked across multiple products and programming languages simultaneously.
  • Delivered 2 product series as a solo contributor, progressing from junior developer responsibilities.
  • Resolved critical real-time graph rendering performance issues across both the iOS view layer and WebKit.
React.js AngularJS JavaScript C C++ JUCE Gulp Objective-C Swift Audio Graphs MIDI MVC
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Web Senior Developer E
Zurich Edge
Modernization
Present

"Delivering insurance products embedded within customer journeys across APAC."

  • Assumed Tech Lead responsibilities, planning, designing, and spearheading the web team's technology direction.
  • Led frontend architecture initiatives, designing and standardizing shared utilities and reusable components across projects.
  • Rebuilt legacy codebases with modern standards within 6 months.
  • Designed and automated CI/CD pipelines, migrating from Bitbucket/Bamboo to GitHub/GitHub Actions.
  • Planned and coordinated Next.js upgrades from versions 12, 13, and 14 to 15, improving application maintainability and future readiness.
  • Established a whitelabel-first approach to enable faster prototyping and partner go-live.
  • Leveraged AWS services including Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS, RUM, Redis, and Secrets Manager for serverless application development, monitoring, caching, runtime configuration, and secret management.
  • Delivered web application projects across Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia, covering multiple insurance products.
  • Applied application governance and security practices using SonarQube, Prisma Cloud, and Veracode.
  • Adopted AI-assisted development workflows using Claude Code and GitHub Copilot for planning, implementation, refactoring, debugging, and code review.
#Next.js #React.js #Redux #Node.js #TypeScript #JavaScript #GitHubActions #Git #AWS #AWSLambda #DynamoDB #ECS #Redis #ClaudeCode #GitHubCopilot
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Project Tech Lead
Strands Labs
Leadership
1y 10m

"Owned technical delivery and implementation for remote FinTech projects."

  • Took ownership of technical responsibilities across project delivery and technical implementation.
  • Delivered an overseas project fully remotely within 6 months.
  • Managed 2 projects simultaneously, coordinating technical delivery, priorities, and project requirements.
  • Acquired working knowledge of Java, PostgreSQL, and GCP to support technical analysis and project delivery.
  • Mentored and managed teams of 2-5 engineers, ensuring projects were delivered on schedule and to required standards.
  • Collaborated with other Tech Leads to deliver performance-critical fixes and value-added features to the core product.
#React.js #Java #PostgreSQL #GCP #GKE #Docker
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Senior Frontend Engineer
Strands Labs
FinTech
5y 6m

"Delivered time-critical frontend projects and development processes in the FinTech industry."

  • Worked as part of a project delivery team within the FinTech industry.
  • Designed and automated software delivery workflows using Git-flow and SemVer-compliant processes.
  • Led teams of 2-4 frontend engineers in delivering time-critical projects.
  • Guided frontend troubleshooting, technical analysis, and requirements gathering with clients.
  • Delivered 4+ frontend customization projects on schedule and to a high standard.
  • Contributed technical and product improvement ideas that were incorporated into the core product.
#React.js #Redux #JavaScript #webpack #Jenkins #Git #Docker #Java #PostgreSQL #GCP #GKE #OracleDB
4 ▶
Software Engineer
Positive Grid
Audio Tech
4y

"Developed iOS applications and frontend software for audio plugin products."

  • Developed iOS applications and frontend software for audio plugin products.
  • Led a 3-month proof-of-concept (POC) to migrate from AngularJS to React.js to improve real-time performance.
  • Worked across multiple products and programming languages simultaneously.
  • Delivered 2 product series as a solo contributor, progressing from junior developer responsibilities.
  • Resolved critical real-time graph rendering performance issues across both the iOS view layer and WebKit.
#React.js #AngularJS #JavaScript #C #C++ #JUCE #Gulp #Objective-C #Swift #AudioGraphs #MIDI #MVC