Alex Mackey
Lead Security Engineer at Karbon
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Mackey is a Lead Security Engineer and seasoned technology leader with over two decades of experience specializing in application security, Azure, and Microsoft technologies. He has held senior roles across consultancies and product teams—from Principal Consultant and Head of Technology to Staff Engineer in AppSec—bringing a blend of hands-on engineering and strategic leadership. Alex is deeply committed to learning and teaching: he authored two Apress books on .NET, created courses for Pluralsight and A Cloud Guru, and has spoken at major conferences worldwide. He founded the DDD Melbourne community conference and was a seven-time Microsoft MVP, reflecting a long-standing presence in the Microsoft ecosystem. Comfortable operating at the intersection of developer experience, security, and cloud migration, he excels at translating complex technical risk into practical engineering practices. Based in Melbourne, he pairs broad enterprise consulting experience with startup pragmatism and a track record of building developer-focused training and community initiatives.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree BSc Business Computing with Psychology, Bachelor’s Degree BSc Business Computing with Psychology at University of Surrey Roehampton
Github Skills (27)
git10
algorithms10
javascript10
chatgpt10
python10
data-science10
css10
linux10
java10
security10
sql10
ai10
blockchain10
html10
computer-science10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
alexmackey/IntroToWebGLWithThreeJS
May 2014 - Jan 2017
Contributions:13 commits, 4 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 9 months
threejsjavascriptthree-jswebgl
alexmackey/HackTheCat
Mar 2022 - Jul 2023
Contributions:8 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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