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michael judd

@michaelnz

Senior Java/Python engineer: governed backend platforms moving 300B+ data points/year, and full-stack products shipped from zero to production.

Colombia

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build reliable, high-scale platforms and end-to-end products, especially where data governance, consent, compliance, and practical AI automation matter.

At Canva, I build governed data and customer platforms at scale, including an egress pipeline moving 300B+ data points annually and consolidating 110 vendor integrations into one traceable path.

I’ve unlocked roughly 20M marketable contacts through self-serve, consent-tracked audience onboarding, migrated 1.2B consent records with zero production impact, and built an AI test framework that cut manual PR testing from an hour to five minutes.

I also build products end to end. With Reciplz, I’ve taken a fitness-focused recipe app from 0-to-1 across five gRPC services, React, Flutter, payments, recommendations, and AI-assisted ingredient matching.

Earlier, I improved routing and on-device maps at Wahoo Fitness and delivered industrial automation systems at ICSC, where I led client projects and automated legacy PLC conversion work.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Current

Canva

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 8 months)

Built a personalized review-link service that raised Trustpilot rating from 2.3 to 3.9 and tripled review volume. Developed an audience onboarding pipeline unlocking ~20M marketable contacts and a compliance data pipeline moving 300B+ data points annually.

AWS Lambda OAuth Secrets Manager REST APIs Java Spring Framework S3 Amazon SQS DynamoDB Kubernetes Snowflake DBT Event Streaming Redshift Python fastAPI Docker LLM Agents Frontend Backend

Android Engineer

Wahoo Fitness Ltd

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 11 months)

Improved routing and map visualization on cycling computers, cutting map load time and enhancing legibility. Built MVP for Bluetooth SMS notifications and led bug triage as bug master.

Android Kotlin Bluetooth LE Bug Triage Sprint Planning Mentorship

Automation Engineer

Industrial Controls South Canterbury (ICSC)

Jan 2017 - Dec 2020 (3 years 11 months)

Built a program that reverse-engineers legacy PLC code, eliminating human error and reducing conversion time from over a week to about an hour. Led end-to-end plant automation projects and provided 24-hour on-call support.