Building Systems
That Scale.

Senior Software Engineer with 14+ years delivering backend systems across Europe's regulated sectors: Fintech, GovTech and Agritech.

I specialise in compliance-aware distributed architecture: building and transforming cloud-native platforms where data integrity, system availability and regulatory requirements are non-negotiable.

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Dairymaster Active

Senior SWE developing mission-critical farm management systems: real-time IoT data, cloud-native services, 1,000's farms globally.

What's Next In Progress

  • 01AWS Certified Solutions Architect: formalising the infra I've been building on for years.
  • 02Training on European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

Architecture Log

Senior Software Engineer

Dairymaster, Co. Kerry
May 2016 - Current

"Transforming legacy enterprise systems into high-performance cloud architectures, migrating monolithic platforms to cloud-native services now serving 1,000's farms globally."

  • Services Transformation: Architected and led delivery of a cloud-native platform serving 1,000's farms globally using AWS ECS, EKS and Infrastructure as Code, guiding engineers through the full migration lifecycle.
  • Mission Critical Operations: Engineered real-time monitoring system and APIs, meeting SLA uptime goals for time-sensitive dairy operations.
  • DevSecOps Excellence: Defined and drove adoption of DevSecOps practices across the team: ELK/Prometheus/Grafana observability, GitLab CI/CD with ArgoCD and Helm, with security-gated pipeline standards.
  • Edge-to-Cloud Data Sync: Designed a CDC pipeline enabling real-time bi-directional Edge-to-Cloud synchronization between IoT farm sensors and globally distributed cloud systems.
AWS Kubernetes Spring Boot 4 .NET 10 React Swift & SwiftUI

Software Engineer

Quest Computing, Dublin
Nov 2012 - May 2016

Modernised Ireland's public sector systems: migrating legacy Apache Struts/JavaEE monoliths to Spring Boot microservices and refactoring PL/SQL into RESTful SOA APIs, working directly with government stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical architecture for services used by millions of citizens.

The Foundation

UTS Insearch
Sydney, 2015–2016

Deployed UTS Insearch on AWS China (CN): a separately governed partition with distinct compliance requirements. Mobile-first build for Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan via CloudFront CDN and native Chinese social integrations.

BSB
Dublin, 2011–2012

Delivered financial and insurance software for Tier-1 European institutions including AXA, BNP Paribas and Société Générale, building within compliance frameworks governed by MiFID, Basel II, Solvency II and PCI DSS standards, and early exposure to the rigour of regulated financial services delivery.

Internships
Microsoft (Dublin) & Microsystems (Chicago)

Early exposure to Azure, .NET, and Open XML document formats.

The Toolkit

Languages

Production Expertise
Java C# TypeScript Swift
Proficient / Prior
Kotlin Python Rust Go

Cloud & Infra

  • AWS (EKS, ECS, RDS, DynamoDB)
  • Terraform (IaC)
  • Docker & Kubernetes
  • ELK / Prometheus / Grafana

Frameworks

Spring Boot 4
.NET Aspire
React
Angular
SwiftUI
Node.js
Kafka

Compliance & Security

Regulatory Standards
ISO 27001 ISO 9001 NIS2 GDPR
Security Frameworks
OWASP CyFun
Tooling & Accessibility
Snyk SonarQube WCAG

Writing

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Your LinkedIn Profile Is Training the Algorithm That Will Score You

The EU AI Act's enforcement deadline is August 2026. LinkedIn defaults your profile into AI training. That AI scores candidates. Here's what that means for engineers in regulated sectors.