Anthony Cole

Resume

Summary

I'm a delivery-focused software engineering lead with full-stack experience architecting and building across Retail, Finance, Government, and Startups.

I have been involved in greenfields and digital transformation projects end-to-end from ideation to delivery across modern frontend (React, Next, Storybook), monolithic and distributed backends (TypeScript, RESTful, GraphQL, Microservices). I've worked with major cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, Vercel, and Cloudflare. I consider myself AI-forward and have experience with using and orchestrating Claude Code and Codex in a production environment.

Recent Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Fair Supply

11/2025 - 04/2026 • Contract

• Architected and shipped rewrite from Angular and Django to a React/Next.JS Microservice-based architecture

• Formed and worked in a small platform squad responsible for setting best practices around code coverage, performance, and component composure

• Overhauled design system in Storybook and rebuilt new search experience

• Coached team members on best practices in AI-enabled engineering using Claude Code, skills, and agents

★ Alignemnt of Design, Product, and Engineering to a unified platform architecture

★ Successful completion of replatform

★ Core web vitals score increased by 50%; velocity increased by 100%

★ Creation of centralised source of reference documentation for architecture and frontend engineering

TurborepoTypescriptNeo4jClickhouseGraphQLNext.JSInngestVercelFigmaTailwindDesign TokensTurborepo

Career Break

03/2025 - 11/2025

Senior Software Engineer - Frontend (ANZx)

ANZ

08/2024 - 03/2025 • Contract

• Working within an Agile squad as part of Accounts and Transactions for ANZ's digital transformation arm ANZx, developed responsive, digital web features with React and Next.JS

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams (UX/UI designers, backend developers, product owners)

• Worked with in-house first principles primitive design system and built bespoke components

• Followed Agile best practices: sprint planning, huddles, sprint reviews, and retrospectives

• Focused on writing clean, maintainable code and delivering high-quality UI work, including test coverage. Contributed to continuous improvement in team performance and code quality

★ Delivered key features for ANZ's new digital banking platform

★ Built custom composable components for ANZ's Ocean Blue design system

ReactNextJSTypeScriptReduxJestTesting LibraryStorybookProtobuf

Engineering Lead

Vinomofo

01/2024 - 08/2024 • Contract

• Evaluating and architecting solutions to reshape the platform architecture to be more cost effective

• Setting direction for Next.JS feature migration

• Participating in feature ideation, build, and delivery

★ Replaced a legacy CDP with DBT, Make, and BigQuery, saving ~$60,000 in operating costs p.a.

★ Replaced a BigCommerce integration with a third party vendor that saved ~$50k in operating costs p.a.

★ Upgraded Gatsby and all Node.js Microservices to enable business continuity

GraphQLGatsbyTypescriptDBTReverse ETLBigCommerceNodeAWSContentfulNetlify

Engineering Lead

Aesop

08/2022 - 01/2024

• Architected and delivered features - working across product, engineering and design - in conjunction with an ELT

• Squad Lead - Built features, snsured smooth running of day to day technical direction.

• Governance - Partipcation in Architectural Reviews and various ITIL processes

★ Web/UI - Wishlist, Order History, Overhaul of Interests and Sensitivities

★ Platform: a Headless Migration strategy and architecture, Google Analytics 4 Migration

★ Stakeholders: Architectural alignment across different reporting lines in Architecture, Product, and Engineering

Next.JSGraphQLCSS ModulesNextTypeScriptHybrisNxContentfulAWSAmplifyS3Akamai

Frontend Technical Lead

Service Victoria

10/2021 - 06/2022

• Hired as a Senior Frontend Developer on the Secure Work Project for Service Victoria via secondment from DXC Technology

• Worked within the Alpha Squad on Business IDAM project, helped deliver frontend functionality for Business Account Management

• Built features in React for cross-functional delivery teams including UX, Product, Architecture, QA, and Delivery

★ Successful delivery of Secure Work Project

★ Participation in frontend guild and contributions to design system

★ Delivery of frontend for Business IDAM

ReactReduxStyled ComponentsStorybookNodeJSAWS

Past Experience

Senior Full Stack Developer

Fora, fka Ally Assist

2021 - 2022

• Rebuilt simplified onboarding process to help reduce onboarding time

• Centralised and simplified customer support systems, reducing CX overhead

• Rebuilt a geographically-based matching system with PostGIS and microservices

• Set up development standards, CI/CD pipelines, and testing strategies

★ Helped transition product from MVP and scale for growth

AngularReactNestJsCustomer.ioFirebasePostgres/PostGISExpressGoogle Cloud PlatformApp EngineCircleCITypeScript

Senior Developer

TypeHuman

2020 - 2021

• Building features in Node.js and React for the Traverse project

• The Traverse project was a digital credential marketplace that provides a bridge to civil, social, and economic participation, backed by an alliance between The Australian Red Cross, Oxfam, RedR, and involves the Telstra Foundation

★ Assisted in MVP build for launch of pilot of decentralised micro-credential platform to Red Cross

Node.jsExpressReactuPortMongoDBEthereumDigital Credentials

Senior Frontend Engineer

Pathify

2018 - 2019

• Working in a small, cross-discipline team between UX, Product, and business to build and maintain features from a style-guide

• Participating in code reviews and collaboration alongside other developers as well as engaging in planning meetings

• Leading the transition of the business to be design-focused; manage backlog; assist and lead feature ideation, sprint planning, and retrospectives

★ Helped platform scale from MVP on the back of exponential customer growth

Angular.jsMultitenancySASSGulpWebpackNPMDockerWebsocketsPython

Full Stack Developer

Lexer

2016 - 2017

• Responsible for building new full-stack features in a data-driven environment

• Using data-driven results to determine business cases for ongoing product releases and features

★ Built content reports feature to reduce CX overhead and automate processes done by customer success team

BootstrapBackbone.jsPubSubD3Grunt.jsRails 3GrapePostgresActive RecordDocker

Senior Frontend Developer

ROLLER

2015 - 2016

• First engineering hire

• Transitioned agency-built MVP to component library and built out design system.

• Worked with design, product, and CTO

★ Greenfields component-driven design system

Angular.jsBowerGulpSASSBEM

Web Developer

Mushroom Group

2013 - 2014

• Built and maintained websites for various Mushroom Group brands

Web Developer

Bastion Digital

2011 - 2012

• Web development and digital solutions for clients such as Tennis Australia, 2xu, and various other brands