Andrew Mee
Lead Software Engineer at Atomi
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Mee is a Lead Software Engineer with 15+ years building high-performance, accessible web experiences since 2004, currently based in Sydney. He specializes in frontend architecture, progressive enhancement and JS-driven component libraries, and has led major replatforming and performance initiatives at retailers and publishers like ASOS and John Lewis. Andrew pairs hands-on engineering with governance: creating shared component libraries, living styleguides and front-end toolkits that scale across teams and CI pipelines. He is an active open-source contributor—working on Node.js tooling and notable projects such as a vcpkg port for libmidi2 and enhancements to media embedding and authentication libraries. Comfortable across the stack, he also brings product-facing experience (MVP delivery, SSO integration and developer tooling) and a practical focus on real-world performance and accessibility. Outside work he contributes to Pa11y and MIDI standards efforts, reflecting a blend of accessibility advocacy and niche protocol expertise.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
b. Creative Industries, Communication Design, b. Creative Industries, Communication Design at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
Github Skills (17)
javascript10
c-language10
lib10
package-management10
user-authentication10
authentication10
cmake10
front-end-development10
vcpkg10
nodejs10
cprogramming-language10
openid10
expressjs9
apim9
api9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
starfishmod/jquery-oembed-all
Jul 2011 - Dec 2014
A fork with improvements of the jquery-oembed project
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:180 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Andrew significantly contributed to the `jquery-oembed-all` project by adding support for various media embedding services. Their work involved implementing specific features and functionalities for a wide range of platforms, including YouTube, Vimeo, and many others. The commits demonstrate a focus on frontend development through the implementation of HTML and Javascript code. The changes include modifications to the core Javascript file of the project to integrate new services.
jqueryoembed
microsoft/vcpkg
Feb 2024 - Apr 2025
C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 7 PRs, 6 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Andrew focused on porting and updating the `libmidi2` library within the `vcpkg` package manager. Their contributions involved creating new ports and updating existing ones to newer versions, as evident from the commit messages that specified version updates and the code changes in `portfile.cmake`. The user's work included integrating the library into the vcpkg build system by using `vcpkg_from_github`, `vcpkg_cmake_configure`, and related commands, ensuring compatibility and proper installation. They followed the maintainer guide and addressed SHA512 updates and CI baseline issues, demonstrating a focus on maintaining the library within the package manager.
cpplinuxmacoswindowsvcpkg
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