Principal Engineer
2021 - PRESENTZipline.io- Made significant stability improvements and eliminated the defect backlog.
- Made improvements to the release process to allow a faster and safer release.
- Built major features that led to new customer acquisition.
- Created automated test coverage across the existing application.
Technologies: .NET Core, Angular, AzureTechnical Lead
2018 - 2021Gruntify- Redesigned and rebuilt a REST API supporting a mobile app.
- Converted the API into a multi-tenant SaaS offering.
- Developed a new Angular application to interact with the API.
- Led the transition to the new API for existing apps.
Technologies: Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Azure Blob Storage API, Azure Service Bus, Azure Functions, Azure Cosmos DB, Angular, .NET CoreTechnical Lead
2017 - 2018WorkPac Digital- Delivered a new candidate registration website to replace two legacy sites and a manual paper registration process.
- Mentored the team on modern development practices like continuous deployment and TDD.
Technologies: Node.js, Angular, .NET Core, C#, Azure Cosmos DBSenior Consultant
2016 - 2017GIS People- Migrated a paper-based government process to an automated solution.
Technologies: Azure, Entity Framework Core, .NET CoreTechnical Lead
2016 - 2016Dingu Blue- Developed a recruitment website.
- Redesigned and migrated an existing solution to a new stack with an Angular 2 front-end and REST API.
- Increased the adoption of automated testing among the team.
- Moved the team towards continuous deployment.
- Developed a Facebook bot prototype to perform job searches.
Technologies: Azure, ASP.NET MVC, Angular, .NETSenior Software Engineer
2012 - 2015Amazon Web Services- Designed and launched the continuous deployment service CodePipeline.
- Led a team of ten developers.
- Performed cross-organizational design reviews.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Angular, JavaTechnical Consultant
2008 - 2012Technology One- Built a custom .NET application and did framework development.
- Worked as the technical lead for a POS system modernizing project for a major Australian retail company.
- Developed a legal aid management system used in several Australian states.
Technologies: Windows Communication Framework (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), ASP.NET, C#Software Engineer
2006 - 2008IBM- Provided L3 support of a digital certificate and key management application.
- Redesigned and rewrote a key/certificate management component included in the IBM JDK.
- Worked on a temporary international assignment that was supporting the development team with a new product launch.
Technologies: C, Java
Kai Gorman
Software Developer in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Member since November 7, 2016
Kai is a senior full-stack developer and technical lead with over 14 years of experience. He has previously worked at Amazon Web Services where he designed and launched the continuous deployment service AWS CodePipeline. He specializes in back-end development using .NET and Java, and front-end development using a variety of modern web frameworks including Angular 2 and React.
Kai is now available for hire
Portfolio
- Zipline.io.NET Core, Angular, Azure
- GruntifyVisual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Azure Blob Storage API, Azure Service Bus...
- WorkPac DigitalNode.js, Angular, .NET Core, C#, Azure Cosmos DB
Experience
- C# 14 years
- Java 14 years
- NoSQL 5 years
- Angular 5 years
- Behavior-driven Development (BDD) 4 years
- Continuous Deployment 4 years
- Azure 3 years
- .NET Core 3 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Git, WebStorm, Visual Studio, Windows
The most amazing...
...thing I've coded is the AWS service CodePipeline.
Employment
Experience
- Zipline.iohttps://zipline.io/
Visitor management software for the healthcare industry. I was the lead developer, working on the back-end and web components and liaising with the tablet app developers. I took over the existing application, made significant stability improvements, and built several new features leading to new customer acquisition. I created several integrations with third-party customer systems.
- Gruntifyhttps://www.gruntify.com/
A SaaS GIS application for data collection and job management.
- myworkpachttps://my.workpac.com
A candidate registration website for WorkPac's recruitment business.
- AWS CodePipelinehttps://aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/
This is a continuous deployment service that I designed and developed while working at AWS.
Skills
Languages
CSS, HTML, TypeScript, Java, C#, JavaScript, SQL, HTML5, CFrameworks
.NET, Angular, .NET Core, ASP.NET Web API, NUnit, SpecFlow, Spring, ASP.NET, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Framework (WCF), ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework CoreTools
Azure DevOps Services, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), AWS IAM, AWS CloudFormation, Cucumber, AWS SDK, Microsoft Visual Studio, TeamCity, Eclipse IDE, NPM, WebStorm, AWS CodeCommit, Autofac, Visual Studio, GitParadigms
Automated Testing, Dependency Injection, Continuous Deployment, Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Kanban, Concurrent Programming, AgilePlatforms
Azure Functions, Windows, AWS Lambda, Azure, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS)Storage
Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Websites, AWS SWF, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), NoSQL, Cloud Firestore, MemcachedOther
Full-stack, Cloud, Software Development, Azure Service Bus, Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Google Material Design, Amazon API GatewayLibraries/APIs
Node.js, Azure Blob Storage API, Facebook API
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Systems Engineering2002 - 2005Queensland University of Technology - Brisbane, Australia
Certifications
- Microsoft Certified ProfessionalAPRIL 2012 - PRESENTMicrosoft
