Anthony Cole

Resume

Summary

I'm an 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, backend, 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, Codex, and Cursor in a production environment.

Recent Experience

Senior Analyst Engineer

NAB

05/2026 - Present • Contract

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software

• Develop flowcharts, layouts and documentation to identify requirements & solutions

• Write well designed & high quality testable code

• Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility

• Integrate software components into fully functional platform

• Apply pro-actively & perform hands-on design and implementation of best practice CI/CD

• Coaching & mentoring of other Service Team members

• Develop/contribute to software verification plans and quality assurance procedures

• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing systems

BFFReactTypescriptPlaywrightGraphQLFigmaTailwind

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

Senior Software Engineer

Aunty Grace

05/2025 - 10/2025

• Creation and championing of consistent frontend development standards, design system, and observability

• Introduction of AI and prompting into product development workflow

• Design and Development of features for internal-facing employee portal

• Working with cross-functional stakeholders and mentoring engineers to deliver valuable features to staff

★ Strategy, execution, and delivery of delivery plan and foundational architecture for new client-facing portal

★ Instituted new Design System and component library

★ Worked with cross-functional stakeholders and mentored engineers to deliver valuable features to staff

NextJSVercelMaterial UIPythonPostgresAuth0SQLAlchemyFlaskCeleryDataDog

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