Brian Botha
Application Developer Technical Support Agent
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Botha is an application developer and technical support engineer in Sydney with nine years of hands-on experience bridging software and hardware, from server automation to PCB and FPGA projects. At System 5 he built Python and Bash tooling to automate BAU tasks, created web-accessible reports for support teams, and led an Ubuntu server upgrade project that minimized user intervention over SSH. Trained as an electrical and electronics engineer, he combines low-level hardware understanding with practical backend and ops skills, making him comfortable troubleshooting across the full stack. He’s particularly drawn to projects at the intersection of electronics and software, and seeks roles that expand both his programming and electronics expertise.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Macquarie University
Github Skills (109)
end-to-end-encryption10
pgp10
authentication10
cryptocurrency10
keyserver10
p2p10
core-library10
secrets10
network-programming10
child-process10
quic10
authorization10
zero-trust10
filesystem10
transport10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
MatrixAI/Polykey
Jul 2021 - Feb 2023
Polykey Core Library
Contributions:602 reviews, 755 commits, 116 PRs in 1 year 7 months
pgpcore-libraryvaultssecretsshare-secrets
MatrixAI/Polykey-CLI
Jul 2023 - Mar 2025
Polykey CLI - Open Source Decentralized Secret Sharing System for Zero Trust Workflows
Contributions:97 reviews, 40 PRs, 250 pushes in 1 year 8 months
authenticationauthorizationclikeyspasswords
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