Melbourne & Brisbane, Australia · Work from anywhere

Dexter Go

Senior software engineer — backend & platform systems, cloud infrastructure, intelligent automation and AI-leveraging applications.

Open to remote roles, work from anywhere · Nearly two decades in software

What I do

I've spent my career moving between layers of the stack that most people treat as separate disciplines — BIOS-level printer firmware in C, console and GPU-hybrid silicon validation, Rails product work, React front ends, and now serverless AWS platforms. The through-line isn't a language. It's being the person who can pick up an unfamiliar system, work out how it actually behaves, and ship a change to it safely.

I'm not just a reliability engineer who codes. I build products, modernise platforms, and own them in production — and that production judgement is what transfers into AI-enabled software, where the hard part is rarely the model.

What I'm looking for now is harder problems. I'm most interested in AI-native and AI-adjacent engineering: young, genuinely difficult, and not yet settled into best practices. I'm looking for fully remote, work-from-anywhere roles, with Melbourne or Brisbane as home base.

Experience

Selected work

Platform modernisation at TPG. Track & Trace and fulfilment systems; migrating configuration management from Chef to AWS CDK and CI from Jenkins to GitHub Actions; serverless services and observability.

vodafone.com.au / Digital First Shop. React, Next.js and TypeScript front ends on Node.js and AWS Lambda, integrated through MuleSoft and Salesforce.

MyVodafone v1. Ruby on Rails product work, security enhancements, and on-call production support.

Tools

Day to day

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Node.js
  • React
  • Next.js
  • GraphQL
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS CDK
  • GitHub Actions
  • Splunk

Also worked in

  • Ruby on Rails
  • C
  • C++
  • Embedded firmware
  • Java / Spring
  • MuleSoft

AI-assisted development

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Perplexity

What colleagues say

  • “Dexter combines strong technical expertise with a genuine ownership mindset. He consistently delivered high-quality outcomes across automation, platform reliability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives. […] Any organisation would benefit from having Dexter on their team.”
    Vimal VijayanDirect manager, TPG Telecom · 2026
  • “He was senior to me so when [I] joined he guided me through different problems and challenges that came along with work. […] His skills were exceptional in problem-solving legacy systems and debugging issues.”
    Faizan Asif AwanColleague, TPG Telecom · 2026
  • “[Dexter] is without a doubt one of the most driven, diligent and intelligent test engineers in AMD's Product Engineering Test organization. He has a logical, analytical mind that any engineering organisation will find valuable.”
    Kenneth ChiaSenior Manager, AMD · 2013
  • “Dexter is very quick in providing feedback or initial assessment. He was also very good at hashing out problems with multiple teams and often provided several suggestions to help resolve issues that were brought up.”
    Kareen TarimanColleague, Lexmark · 2012
  • “Good communications. Recognizes urgency. Hardworking. Works well with the HW team and provides timely feedback on issues.”
    Chris SantosColleague, Lexmark · 2012
  • “He was professional in dealing with our team and proficient in completing code-related requests like data extraction, aesthetic and functional online updates. He's blessed with the capability to connect with different kinds of people and at the same time work well by himself in front of a monitor.”
    Maria Athena BughaoSenior colleague, Xlibris · 2010
  • “Brilliant, team oriented and well detailed”
    Ian CarrenoTeammate, Lexmark · 2010
  • “Dexter is a good technical person. [He produces] quality code and sees to it that his tasks are finished on time.”
    Rowel BughaoDirect manager, Xlibris · 2010

Excerpts from public LinkedIn recommendations, 2010–2026.

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