Skills

Work Experience

Dev Related Experience

• Senior Frontend Engineer

  Privitar/Informatica

  Nov 2021 - Dec 2023 (2 years, 2 months)

  London, United Kingdom

  Front end application development for a data privacy software platform which allowed users to shop for data whilst allowing others to create rules and transformation to safeguard sensitive data.

  Privitar was acquired by Informatica in 2023.

  Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development and architecture of new features like our custom rule builder, adding integration and end to end tests to fulfill business requirements.
  • Ensure features were delivered on time and expectations were managed across different teams. My responsibilities also included documenting, designing API, and user flow requirements for different features.
  • Work alongside product & project managers, designers, and other engineers to transform creative concepts into refined digital experiences at an agile (2 week) cadence.
  • Mentoring members of the team to foster knowledge sharing and maintain high coding standards.

  Tech Stack:

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Cypress
  • GraphQL
  • GitHub
  • Chakra UI
  • Figma
  • Vite
• Web Development Lead

  digi.me

  Oct 2015 - Aug 2021 (6 years)

  Surrey, United Kingdom

  Full-stack development on a suite of admin tools, data viewers and SDKs for the digi.me data sharing platform.

  Responsibilities:

  • Led a development team of five to implement and deliver company products utilising both Waterfall and Agile software development methodologies.
  • Developed a desktop MacOS/Windows client to view user personal data such as social media, health and financial data. Built on Electron using TypeScript, React, React-virtualized, Redux Saga, Styled Components, Jest.
  • Developed a Node.js SDK to help third parties utilise the digi.me private sharing platform. Used Typescript, and runtime type checking using io-ts
  • Designed and architected a visual display language that could be used to render any sort of user data
  • Developed internal full stack web applications or engineering tools. Built on Next.js or Express.js frameworks, using TypeScript, React, Xstate.

  Tech Stack:

  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Redux
  • Electron
  • GitHub
• Flex Developer

  Fujifilms

  Aug 2011 - Jul 2015 (4 years)

  Sydney, Australia

  Worked on a cross platform digital imaging point of sales software which allowed users to design, create and print their own photobooks/canvas etc. online or on kiosks that could be found in local supermarkets throughout Australia.

  Responsibilities:

  • Implementing features and maintaining the photo kiosk software Imagine and its admin tool.
  • Spearheaded a major overhaul of the software that included using templates to layout screen elements on the fly, allowing different clients to have customised look and feel of the software.

  Tech Stack:

  • ActionScript
  • Flex
  • Adobe AIR
• Flex Developer

  SmallWorlds

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2011 (4 years, 1 month)

  Auckland, New Zealand

  I was involved in creating and maintaining the online virtual world SmallWorlds, which had over a million registered users in its heyday. It was built using Adobe Flex with a Java backend.

  Responsibilities:

  • Developing Flash widgets used in the virtual world which connected to social networks such as Twitter, Youtube and Soundcloud.
  • Developing and maintaining features for the core platform such as avatar creation and online shopping.
  • Developing web content for their online newsletter and blog.

  Tech Stack:

  • ActionScript
  • Flash
  • Adobe AIR

Education

• Software Engineering

  University Of Auckland

  Jan 2002 - Dec 2005 (4 years)

  Auckland, New Zealand

  I graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree and over my four years in the university I've achieved an average of A- grades over all the courses I've taken. It was here where I learnt a lot of the fundamental concepts of software development and the professional conduct of being an engineer.

  Achievements:

  • First Class Honours in Software Engineering.

  Tech Stack:

  • Java
  • C#
• Digital Media Design

  Media Design School

  Jan 2006 - Dec 2006 (1 year)

  Auckland, New Zealand

  After graduating my BE degree, I decided to pursue my passion of web design and development by studying a one year diploma of Digital Media Design where I had the opportunity to build and design many different media for the web. I was also introduced to Adobe Flash and this launched me into different roles in the first ten years of my professional career.

  Achievements:

  • Highly Commended in Technical Aptitude.

  Tech Stack:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Flash
  • Photoshop
  • JavaScript

Who am I?

Languages Spoken:

• English
• Cantonese
• Mandarin
• Spanish - B2
• Japanese - A2

Personal Interests:

• Badminton
• Travel
• Swimming
• Hiking
• Languages
• Self Improvement
• Karaoke

Hi, I'm Ricky. 👋

I've always had a strong interest in web development, especially in design and UX, hence after my bachelor of software engineering degree, I did a diploma of digital media design where I could focus more on asthetics side of web development. I started my career as an Adobe Flash Developer and eventually moved on to JavaScript and TypeScript with a focus on front end development.

Throughout my career I've developed full-stack, led teams, been involved with system design and managed projects across multinational teams to ensure on time delivery.

Even though I spent a lot of my life in Auckland, New Zealand, I moved abroad and I've worked and lived in Australia and the UK.

Outside of web development I'm also an avid language learner, learning in my spare time and eventually picked up a side gig of tutoring students online throughout the pandemic.

I decided to take a career break in 2024 to pursue my dream of traveling and immersing myself in Spanish speaking environments. I walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain and traveled around Latin America, with a couple of volunteering stints in Mexico.

I returned to New Zealand in 2025 to pursue new opportunities here.