Alan Stewart
Lead Engineer at Coles Group
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolAlan Stewart is a seasoned Lead Engineer based in Sydney with 14+ years delivering enterprise Java and Scala systems, currently building Spring Boot solutions for Electronic Shelf Labels and smart retail carts at Coles. He has deep Spring Framework pedigree from leading and contributing to the Spring Roo project at VMware, where he focused on refactoring, deployment and backend robustness for a widely respected RAD tool. His career spans mission-critical financial and regulatory systems at the Reserve Bank of Australia and real-time risk tooling for Nasdaq, combining backend expertise with hands-on full-stack delivery. Known for attention to detail, strong analytical skills and clear communication, he drives teams through coaching and practical problem-solving rather than abstract directives. A physicist by training (MSc), he brings a methodical, measurement-driven approach to software design and troubleshooting. He also frequently contributes to open-source maintenance tasks—updating dependencies, fixing REST interactions and build issues—underscoring a pragmatic focus on long-term code health.
14 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Physics thesis: A High-Power Modular Carbon Dioxide Laser, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Physics thesis: A High-Power Modular Carbon Dioxide Laser at Macquarie UniversityJava 8 New Features, Java 8 New Features at Oracle University
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Github Skills (15)
javas10
java10
spring-boot10
api-design9
restful-api9
rest-api9
api-rest9
bash8
sql7
tsql7
sql-database7
testing7
database7
databases7
deploying6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
alankstewart/threeofacrime
Jan 2015 - Feb 2021
Three of a Crime
Contributions:66 pushes in 6 years 2 months
crime
alankstewart/satin-java
Jan 2015 - Mar 2025
Contributions:204 pushes, 2 issues in 10 years 4 months
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