Brinley Ang is a seasoned software development manager based in Melbourne with 15 years of experience leading high-performing engineering teams and shipping scalable, customer-facing systems. Currently managing Amazon Ads engineering, he blends full-stack fluency in JavaScript, Java and Python with deep Unix/Linux and systems experience from early sysadmin roles. He has a strong track record moving legacy monoliths to modern architectures (Node/React/Apollo) and building data-driven platforms such as ANZ’s property price prediction and REALas.com. A hands-on leader, Brinley still contributes to front-end open-source work—his jSignature contributions show attention to cross-browser quirks and backward compatibility. He pairs technical depth with formal project management training (Master of Project Management), enabling delivery of complex, UX-focused products at scale.
15 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at The University of Western Australia
Master of Project Management, Project Management, Master of Project Management, Project Management at Edith Cowan University
jQuery plugin for adding web signature functionality
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:5 releases, 1 review, 63 commits in 10 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Brinley primarily contributed to the front-end functionality of the `jsignature` jQuery plugin. Their work involved fixing incorrect offset calculations, adding IE compatibility checks, and implementing new features such as importing image data to the canvas and dotting functionality for signature input. They also addressed a Safari-specific issue in the clear method and refactored code for backwards compatibility with version 1 of the plugin.
:rocket: Node.js Content Management Framework (headless-CMS) to build powerful API with no effort.
Contributions:4 pushes in 7 months
cmsapieffortnode-jsphp
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