Oliver Cooper

Auckland, New Zealand

Software Engineer
UX Designer

Always eager for a challlenge

I have over 6 years of professional software development and design experience, and 7 years experience preceding that, writing personal/open-source projects. I thrive on a challenge, excelling at assessing and understanding a customer's needs, then delivering fast, elegant solutions to those problems.

Skills

Languages & Frameworks

Highly knowledgable about many, including Rust, TypeScript, React, NodeJS, CSS, Swift — and always quick to learn more.
Infrastructure

Experienced with myriad tools and concepts including AWS, Elasticsearch, SQL databases, serverless computing, distributed systems, scalability and security.
Design

A talented eye for designing simple, beautiful and intuitive user interfaces. I believe design is critical to a product's success.
Problem Solving

I possess great ability for creativity, initiative, attention to detail and finding solutions to complex problems.
Self-Driven & Disciplined

Self-management of time and priorities, having largely worked self-directed for the past 3 years.

Employment

Versatile and experienced

I have deep experience in every layer of modern applications, from distributed backend systems and cloud infrastructure, to complex CSS animations on the frontend.

Software Engineer & Designer

Thorndyke 2019 - Present
Sole developer at a marketing analytics startup focusing on detecting fraud and performing verification for out-of-home advertising (i.e., digital billboards).
- Built entire platform infrastructure, taking firm from zero to $500,000 in annual revenue, with specific emphasis on minimising infrastructure costs.
- Designed and built intuitive platform interface and dashboard, a key selling point and differentiator to prospective clients due to its ease of use and functionality.
- Increased customer retention by working with clients to integrate deeply into their workflows.
- Business growth focused, with consultation from sales/support team in deciding priorities to best meet customer needs.
- Utilised myriad of appropriate modern technologies, including Rust, React, GraphQL, serverless/AWS Lambda, Elasticsearch and other cloud infrastructure to process over 150 million requests a month.
Developer & Designer

Orah 2017 - 2018
A platform for schools to monitor attendance, coordinate and nuture students.
- Significantly increased student engagement with the platform, and thus its effectiveness, by leading the redesign and redevelopment of the student app.
- Liaised between both the design and programming teams to ensure delivery of desired designs and product outcomes.
- Developed new features to enhance customer value in the Angular and React frontends.
- Collaborated with backend teams to shape software and infrastructure architecture.
Fullstack Developer

The Core 2016 - 2017
An electronics repair service and second-hand Apple device store.
- Identified a lack of customers outside of Auckland and developed an intuitive booking wizard, significantly increasing customer volume.
- Reduced unused and over-ordered stock by implementing an inventory management system.
- Increased online sales through automated TradeMe and Shopify integrations.

Open Source Projects

A love for the ecosystem

I am very passionate about the open-source community and have led and contributed to multiple projects. For a more comprehensive list of my projects see my GitHub profile, oeed.

vaxx.nz

Core Contributor

A site to help people find vaccine appointments sooner made with friends in September 2021 during lockdown. It saw over 80,000 users and received direct support from the Ministry of Health.

I primarily worked on the React/TypeScript frontend and focused on streamlining user flows.
NZCP-Rust

Open Source Crate

A New Zealand Covid Pass verification library that validates a vaccination pass QR code, per the spec written by the Ministry of Health, written primarily by me in Rust.
A350X

Management & Lead Developer

A hobby project creating a highly realistic Airbus A350 for Microsoft Flight Simulator. I lead and manage the team building the aircraft systems physics simulation (e.g. hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical, etc.)
MQTT-Garage

Utility

A lightweight MQTT/IoT client to open and close my garage automatically with geofencing running on a Raspberry Pi.
async-graphql

Contributor

An open source GraphQL server crate. I have contributed multiple PRs, primarily in query schema field traversal.
Diesel

Contributor

A leading open source Rust database ORM crate. I have a contibuted a number of PRs adding new features and fixing bugs.

See more on GitHub >

About Me

Education

The University of Auckland

Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Commerce

Majoring in:
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
- Marketing
Achievements:
- 3 × First in Course Award
- 13 × Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
- GPA: 7.78/9
St Peter's College, Adelaide

Secondary School

Prefect and House Captain
Home

I currently live in central Auckland, New Zealand, but have lived all over Australia and New Zealand - six cities to be exact.
Podcasts

I absolutely love podcasts. Anything that's funny, interesting, or both, I'll listen to.
Cooking

I love challenging myself with making new exciting dishes and sourdough experiments.

I also volunteer at Everybody Eats, charity restaurants aiming to reduce food insecurity and waste.
Music

I love listening to albums from start to finish. My favourite artists include Tame Impala, Radiohead, Björk, The National, alt-J, Lorde, Arcade Fire and many more.
Flying

From a young age I've loved flying. I regularly enjoy using flight simulators and hope to soon get my private pilot's license.

Oliver Cooper

Auckland, New Zealand

Always eager for a challlenge

Skills

Languages & Frameworks

Infrastructure

Design

Problem Solving

Self-Driven & Disciplined

Employment

Versatile and experienced

Software Engineer & Designer

Thorndyke 2019 - Present

Developer & Designer

Orah 2017 - 2018

Fullstack Developer

The Core 2016 - 2017

Open Source Projects

A love for the ecosystem

vaxx.nz

Core Contributor

NZCP-Rust

Open Source Crate

A350X

Management & Lead Developer

MQTT-Garage

Utility

async-graphql

Contributor

Diesel

Contributor

About Me

Education

The University of Auckland

Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Commerce

St Peter's College, Adelaide

Secondary School

Home

Podcasts

Cooking

Music

Flying