Summary
Abhisha Nirmalathas is a software developer with 8 years of experience and a Master of Engineering (Software) from the University of Melbourne, currently building product features at REA Group after a multi-role tenure at Xero. She spans front-end and back-end development—React, Node.js, .NET, Python and AWS microservices—having rotated through frontend, backend, fullstack and mobile teams to ship RESTful APIs and React components using Atomic Design. Her background includes internships at Accenture and Deloitte and teaching roles at the University of Melbourne, where she lectured on CI/CD, testing and API documentation, reflecting a strong emphasis on developer experience and delivery practices. Comfortable with both SQL and NoSQL databases, she combines practical engineering with UX and digital strategy experience from earlier roles. A detail that sets her apart is her repeated involvement in mentorship and teaching—supervising student projects and tutoring—which informs her collaborative approach to building reliable, user-centered software.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Melbourne