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Tony Yang

@tonyyang1

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Senior software engineer optimizing performance, cost, and cloud infrastructure.

Australia

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build reliable, cost-efficient cloud platforms—bridging Dev and Ops with strong CI/CD, Kubernetes, and observability. I want a team that values automation, learning, and tech-for-good impact.

I’m a Senior Software Engineer (10+ years) specialising in Python, TypeScript, AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform, with a proven track record in optimising system performance and cost-efficiency through streamlined automation. I also bring a “Dev & Ops” mindset, bridging delivery and reliability to drive high-impact initiatives.

In my recent role at Skand, I created an Azure Marketplace sales channel for enterprise users, halved troubleshooting time by integrating an observability stack with OpenTelemetry and Grafana, and delivered multi-cloud deployment solutions using Bicep and Pulumi. Previously at Ackama and MaxMine, I expanded an event-driven platform for regulatory compliance, built a high-throughput ETL pipeline processing 10,000+ daily records, and slashed monthly cloud costs by $4,000 by migrating services to EKS through resource right-sizing and CI/CD refinements.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

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Skand

May 2024 - Present (2 years 1 month)

Created an Azure Marketplace sales channel for enterprise users, expanding global reach within the Microsoft ecosystem. Integrated OpenTelemetry and Grafana to halve troubleshooting time and deployed a Bicep-based solution to support a multi-cloud strategy.

Python TypeScript Azure Marketplace Kubernetes AWS Lambda Bicep Pulumi OpenTelemetry Grafana CI CD

Current

Beach Cleanup Volunteer

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Beach Patrol & Love Our Street

May 2021 - Present (5 years 1 month)

Led recurring beach/street cleanups supporting environmental advocacy and community impact across Melbourne suburbs. Removed 325+ kg of invasive sea stars (Aug 2023), collected 190+ kg of litter (Spring Clean the City 2022), and coordinated 50+ volunteers with 4+ days per month of cleanup work.

Community Leadership Environmental Advocacy Volunteer coordination Logistics Planning Team Collaboration Cross Functional Communication Event Operations Fundraising

Software Engineer

Ackama

Jan 2023 - May 2024 (1 year 4 months)

Expanded a Python/Django event-driven platform for an energy client by implementing evolving regulatory rules to maintain compliance. Built a high-throughput ETL pipeline processing 10,000+ daily records and led Kubernetes training for 7 engineers.

Python Django Event Driven Systems ETL AWS Terraform PostgreSQL Kubernetes Agile Delivery CI CD

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

MaxMine

Jul 2022 - Dec 2022 (5 months)

Slashed monthly cloud costs by $4,000 by migrating four core services from EC2 to EKS through resource right-sizing and refactoring. Boosted delivery efficiency by 20% by refining CI/CD pipelines and ArgoCD steps.

Python Golang AWS EKS Kubernetes Terraform ArgoCD Helm Prometheus CI CD

Senior Software Engineer

LiTV

Sep 2021 - Apr 2022 (7 months)

Refactored Golang API services and Python data pipelines to achieve 10x lower memory usage and 5x faster processing speed. Unified multi-cloud deployments across AWS/GCP/Azure with Terraform to eliminate environment drift and automated CI/CD to streamline releases.

Python Golang AWS GCP Azure Terraform Docker Kubernetes REST APIs CI CD

Software Engineer

104

Mar 2020 - Jul 2021 (1 year 4 months)

Developed a community-driven knowledge platform using FastAPI for high-performance processing and Vue.js for the interface. Standardized AWS infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and led 10+ hands-on Kubernetes workshops to drive cloud-native adoption.

Python fastAPI Vue.Js Nuxt.Js AWS Terraform Docker Kubernetes Redis CI CD

Software Engineer

M800

Aug 2018 - Jan 2020 (1 year 5 months)

Delivered a 100x reduction in resource usage by refactoring legacy services into high-performance Golang microservices. Implemented observability with Jaeger/Prometheus/Grafana and automated CI/CD pipelines with GitLab to streamline on-prem Kubernetes deployments.

Golang Kubernetes Helm Docker PostgreSQL MongoDB MQTT CI CD Jaeger Grafana

Software Engineer

StreetVoice

Dec 2016 - May 2018 (1 year 5 months)

Saved $1,200 per month in AWS costs with a FinOps approach by identifying and removing unused resources. Reduced ranking pipeline runtime from 5.5 hours to 7 seconds and increased test coverage by 15% across critical service modules.

Python Django AWS Redis Docker MySQL FinOps Test Automation CI CD

Junior/Mid Software Engineer

ThroughTek

Dec 2014 - Mar 2016 (1 year 3 months)

Spearheaded DevOps transformation for a 10-person team, standardizing CI/CD and cloud integration to streamline Python service delivery. Increased deployment speed by 6x and reduced AWS cloud spend by $1,000 monthly by modernizing legacy APIs and migrating to serverless event-driven architecture.