Chris Kerr

Software Engineer

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Sydney, Australia

chriskerr@me.com
TypescriptJavascriptSvelteSvelteKitAstroReactNext.jsNodeService workersAIJavaPythonGraphQLPostgresThree.jsStripe

About me

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Hey there, I'm Chris - a fullstack software engineer with a blend of technical and business expertise.

I've been a software engineer for seven years professionally, plus over a decade of other business experience, including a number of years in technical sales roles.

In my personal life I am training for a 50km trail run. I love to head out running with a halfway coffee break, and then reading books with another coffee.

Work history

April 2023 - Current

Senior Software Engineer & Software Engineer

Canva

I am building features which use AI generated HTML within Canva designs.

This requires working across the whole stack to build AI tools, and contribute to backend and frontend services; plus aligning with the broader Canva AI experience across product, UI and technical requirements.

I previously worked in another team, which was enabling the use of Canva while offline.

AIJavaPythonReactService workersTypescript
October 2021 - March 2023

Software Engineer

Functionly

I was a fullstack software engineer at Functionly, developing a web application that helps businesses to optimise their organisational structure.

In the role, I led new feature planning and releases, drove innovation, shaped architecture, and conducted rigorous testing.

In order to give back to the Svelte community I also worked in my own time to create a handful of patch contributions back into the Svelte ecosystem.

GraphQLNodePostgresSvelteSvelteKitTypescript
February 2021 - October 2021

Software Developer & travelling

I worked as a freelance Typescript Dev while travelling around east coast Australia living in our van 🚚.

JavascriptNext.jsNodeStripeSvelteThree.jsTypescript
January 2020 - February 2021

Software Developer

Sportility

I worked as a software developer with an organised sports team uniforms/gear startup.

We managed a customer facing React application, which enabled customers to 3d design their uniforms, share, purchase and plan their seasons; and an internal dashboard which was used to manage leads, sales, operations, customer service, financial reporting, and most of the remaining business process.

We primarily used Hasura Graphql as our backend, with node services as custom resolvers for any specific business logic required.

GraphQLJavascriptNodePostgresReact
September 2019 - January 2020

Student

General Assembly

I studied Javascript, React, Node, and Ruby.

JavascriptNodeReact
November 2017 - September 2019

Account Manager

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

October 2016 - November 2017

Backpacker

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Travelled through Asia, Europe and a little bit of USA.

September 2013 - October 2016

Partner Account Manager & Partner Enablement

Cisco

Partner Account Manager: March 2015 - October 2016

Partner Enablement: September 2013 - March 2015