Alexander Paterson

Alexander Paterson

Software developer, cloud engineer, business owner

Software Enterprise Cloud SaaS
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I currently develop operational software for large enterprise clients through a premium consulting firm. Prior to this, I was creating applications for various startups. I've spent most of my life building and maintaining digital products, all the while obsessing over security, uptime, and user experience.

Personal Projects

These are some of the products I've developed, including one business that I've operated for nearly a decade.

Podcast Soundboard

Podcast Soundboard

Originally a MacOS app, this business has grown into a multi-platform SaaS product with thousands of users.

iOS & Android MacOS & Windows GCP Kubernetes
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TCG Placeholders

TCG Placeholders

This application serves trading card collectors by helping them print placeholders for their collection binders.

React Express Stripe Kubernetes
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An online multiplayer indie game developed in Godot, showcasing creative game design and sophisticated networking in a modern open-source game engine.

Godot Game Development GDScript
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50+
Applications
developed & deployed
13
Years developing
applications and maintaining infrastructure
7
Years consulting
cutting-edge enterprise solutions

Multi-Cloud Expertise

Professional experience across all three major cloud service providers, delivering scalable solutions in both enterprise and self-owned businesses

AWS

Amazon Web Services

Extensive experience with ECS, CloudFormation, S3, and RDS. Built production-grade auto-scaling infrastructure for startups and my own businesses.

VPC S3 ECS EC2 CloudFormation
Azure

Microsoft Azure

Enterprise-focused deployments with Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, and legacy system integrations. Specialized in hybrid cloud solutions for large-scale operations.

Kubernetes Azure DevOps SQL Server Entra ID
Google Cloud Platform

Google Cloud Platform

Deep expertise in Kubernetes Engine, Artifact Registry, and Cloud Run. I maintain GCP infrastructure for my own businesses and also consume it in a professional capacity.

Kubernetes Cloud Run Storage

Experience

BCG X

Lead Software Engineer

BCG X

Feb 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 4 mos
Perth, Australia

I'm primarily a forward deployed engineer, leading the delivery of analytics-driven operational applications and cloud solutions. A focus area of mine is creating developer platforms that support software development in mature process-heavy environments. I've worked in government and for a number of industrial goods clients.

Solution Architecture Optimization & Simulation Enterprise Systems Azure GCP Kubernetes
The Simulation Group

Developer

The Simulation Group

Nov 2018 - Feb 2019 · 4 mos
Perth, Australia

My time at TSG was spent creating cloud systems that execute large-scale simulation and optimization models for industrial analytics. I was an application developer, but these days you could say platform engineer, as we built a developer platform that facilitated the delivery of many enterprise use-cases.

Kubernetes React/Express ELK Advanced Analytics Platform Engineering GCP
Apps People

Developer & Infrastructure Engineer / Subcontractor

Apps People

Mar 2015 - May 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos
Perth, Australia

Created robust server infrastructure, databases, and RESTful APIs for early-stage startup clients. Bootstrapped scalable backend solutions for many new applications related to gig economy, finance, and more. Responsible for complete backend architecture from database design to API implementation, ensuring high performance and reliability for rapidly growing user bases.

API Development Database Design Server Infrastructure Node.js MongoDB AWS
Creatio

Developer / Subcontractor

Creatio Pty Ltd

Nov 2016 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

Developed a React/Express application for internal and external use at Workfast, a Sydney on-demand labour hire and temporary staff agency. Developed and administrated a containerised, auto-scaling, multi-AZ VPC infrastructure on AWS using Cloudformation including a MongoDB replica set and services including Redis and Elasticsearch.

Kubernetes React Express AWS Ruby on Rails

Full-stack Javascript Developer

Use-Verb

Aug 2016 - Aug 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo
Perth, Australia

Created the original web application and infrastructure. Built universal React applications for internal and external use, and a RESTful API consumed by mobile apps. Developed a containerised, auto-scaling, multi-AZ VPC infrastructure on AWS using Cloudformation including a MongoDB replica set, Elasticsearch, Redis, and host-intrusion detection with OSSEC.

AWS ECS, Cloudformation MongoDB Elasticsearch Docker React Express

Course Instructor

Udemy

Jun 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

Instructed three courses on full-stack development with Swift, React Native, Express, and MongoDB.

React Native Express Swift Linux

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)

The University of Western Australia

Double Major: Mathematics and Statistics, Computer Science

2014 - 2018

Exchange Program

Western University, Ontario

Electrical engineering

2015

High School - WACE

Hale School, Western Australia

Tertiary Entrance Ranking: 99.85

2002 - 2013

Awards

Bachelor Of Philosophy Award

University Of Western Australia · Jan 2014

$2000 award and a $5000 contribution to funding an international student exchange program.

General Exhibition

School Curriculum and Standards Authority - Western Australia · Jan 2013

$3000 scholarship awarded to top 40 high school students in Western Australia at graduation.

Australian Student Prize

Australian Department of Education

$2000 scholarship awarded to top 200 high school students in Australia at graduation.

Technical Skills

A comprehensive toolkit spanning cloud platforms, modern frameworks, and enterprise technologies. An all-round technologist and business-minded engineer.

Cloud Platforms

Google Cloud Platform Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Docker Linux

Programming Languages

TypeScript Python Ruby Swift GDScript

Frameworks & Libraries

React Electron Ionic React Native Node.js Ruby on Rails Express FastAPI

Databases & DevOps Tools

PostgreSQL MongoDB SQL Server Redis Elasticsearch Jenkins Github Actions Azure DevOps

Let's Connect

Interested in discussing startups, cloud, or potential collaborations?

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