Carl Paton
New Zealand
Summary
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SeniorCarl Paton is a seasoned software leader in Auckland with 8 years of hands-on experience across backend, frontend, and cloud workloads. He is currently Director at IT Live Software Engineering and a Senior Software Engineer at Xero, where he mentors teams, leads code reviews, and builds practice tools for partners in accounting and bookkeeping. His technical breadth spans ASP.NET Web API, C#, AWS, Angular, TypeScript, and modern data stores like PostgreSQL, Redis, and Elasticsearch, with prior work in MVC/WebForms and worker applications. He emphasizes not only how to build but why, seeking best practices across stacks and patterns, which aligns with his belief that there are no silly questions. He has led cross-functional initiatives from Grindrod Bank to Trade Me Property, delivering scalable solutions in financial services, property tech, and messaging spaces. Based in Auckland, he combines hands-on software development with mentoring and informal leadership to drive reliable, secure systems.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (29)
cnc-machine10
laser-cutting9
cnc9
arduino8
cnc-controller8
3d-printing7
metal6
gcode6
admin4
redis3
ubuntu2
logging2
boilerplate2
ansible2
mouse2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
carlpaton/RedisAdministrator
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Application to help admin a redis instance
Contributions:4 PRs, 61 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 9 months
redisadmin
carlpaton/SQLStatements
Apr 2018 - May 2022
Contributions:44 pushes in 4 years 1 month
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