Summary
Richard Garner is a seasoned full-stack software engineer with over a decade of experience delivering scalable web and mobile applications. He is currently a Senior Software Engineer at the NSW Department of Customer Service in Melbourne, specializing in Node.js, React, React Native, TypeScript, AWS, Serverless, and CI/CD with GitHub Actions. He previously co-founded Out There dating app, serving as tech lead and bringing architectural vision and cross-functional leadership to multi-disciplinary teams. His career spans roles at Sportsbet, DreamWalk, RateMyAgent, and MailGuard, with hands-on work across front-end, back-end, mobile, and automated deployment pipelines (including iOS/Android). He holds a JHSc in AI & Philosophy from the University of Leeds and began in IT service desk roles, cultivating a broad systems mindset and agile practices. Based in Melbourne, he combines a pragmatic, customer-focused approach with a passion for building beautiful, robust software.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
JHSc, AI & Philosophy, 2:2, JHSc, AI & Philosophy, 2:2 at University of Leeds
C Programming Course, C Programming Course at Wilmorton College