Adrian Russell
Principal Software Engineer at Xero
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAdrian Russell is a Principal Software Engineer with 15 years’ experience delivering scalable product capability and sustainable platform growth, currently modernising Xero’s Payroll product from Melbourne. He combines hands-on design and problem solving with senior technical leadership, maintaining close ties to delivery teams while driving architecture and engineering practices. Adrian played a key role in expanding the platform for NAB’s market-leading business lending products, demonstrating an ability to translate complex domain needs into reliable production systems. He fosters team and individual ownership across project delivery, pairing practical implementation skills with strategic thinking to balance short-term delivery and long-term platform health.
15 years of coding experience
Melbourne University
Github Skills (28)
go-api8
api8
buefy8
vultr8
plantuml7
api-client7
mermaid7
dynamodb7
golang6
vue6
excel6
database-schema6
er-diagram6
spanner6
bulma6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
adrianrussell/MicroFrameworkWebServer
May 2011 - Jun 2011
Contributions:19 commits in 29 days
BATTLETECHLeagues/Api
Oct 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:44 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
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