Andrew Cooper
Software Engineer at Nearmap
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolAndrew Cooper is a seasoned software engineer based in Sydney with over three decades of hands-on computing experience and 13 years in professional software roles. He has evolved from network and systems administration into application and systems architecture, currently building reliable software at Nearmap after senior roles at Microsoft and WiseTech Global. His background includes designing scalable messaging solutions (RabbitMQ, Kafka, MongoDB) and integrating legacy enterprise systems into CI/CD pipelines, plus vulnerability scanning and security tooling at Microsoft. Andrew contributes to open-source by modernising classic code—translating retro BASIC games into Java—showing a practical interest in clean, memory-safe implementations. He combines deep operational knowledge of infrastructure with a passion for high-quality code, making him effective at bridging ops, security and engineering teams. A University of Technology Sydney graduate, he’s notable for sustaining technical breadth from embedded CAD/CAM tooling to cloud-native messaging across a long, continuous career.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BE, Computer Systems Engineering, BE, Computer Systems Engineering at University of Technology, Sydney
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Github Skills (38)
windows10
basics10
java10
javas10
visual-studio10
iis10
logic10
mysql9
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bitwise-operators9
bit-manipulation9
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
coding-horror/basic-computer-games
Feb 2021 - Sep 2022
An updated version of the classic "Basic Computer Games" book, with well-written examples in a variety of common MEMORY SAFE, SCRIPTING programming languages. See https://coding-horror.github.io/basic-computer-games/
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 26 PRs, 3 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Andrew contributed to the "Bombs Away" game, converting the original BASIC game to Java. The commits demonstrate the implementation of the game logic, including state management, user input, and the game's various phases. The changes primarily involve translating the game's rules and mechanics into Java code, indicating a focus on backend development for this game.
memorygamebasic-computer-gamesscriptinggames
drewjcooper/basic-computer-games
Apr 2021 - Apr 2022
An updated version of the classic "Basic Computer Games" book, with well-written examples in a variety of common programming languages
Contributions:10 pushes, 9 branches in 11 months
gamegamesprogramming-languagesgame-developmentupdated
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