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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 (1 year 11 months)

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 (4 years 11 months)

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.