Chris Read
Software Engineer at Freelance developer
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Read is a pragmatic software engineer with 11+ years of experience building reliable, production-grade systems across fintech, defense, medical imaging and government sectors. He combines deep backend expertise in Python, C/C++ and database design with hands-on DevOps and cloud (AWS/Boto) experience to deliver high-availability APIs and CI/CD pipelines. As a lead/architect he has driven VLDB designs, PCI-compliant payment systems and microservices while equally comfortable as a sole developer shipping end-to-end solutions. He contributes to open-source desktop tooling (notably enhancements to a popular Cinnamon applet for Docker workflows), showing a willingness to improve UX and modernize legacy JavaScript. Based in Queensland, Australia, he pairs a long history of adapting to new languages and patterns with a collaborative, team-first approach. Outside of roles, he balances commercial work with freelance projects that explore interests beyond core enterprise software.
11 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
National Diploma in Computer Studies, National Diploma in Computer Studies at Chippenham Technical CollegeJohn BentleyComputer Science, Computer Science at University of Wollongong
Github Skills (11)
javascript10
docker10
dockers10
scripting9
shell9
script9
sh9
ux-design8
front-end-development8
ui-design8
git4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-applets
Feb 2017 - Jul 2022
Applets for the Cinnamon desktop
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 19 commits, 30 PRs in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the development of a Cinnamon applet, likely using JavaScript for the frontend and potentially interacting with system utilities through shell scripts. Their work included adding features for managing a Docker environment, including image searching and container creation, as well as UI/UX improvements like dialogs and status notifications. The user also implemented configuration options, and made modifications to better handle different directory structures and updated the underlying javascript code to latest standards.
appletscinnamon-desktopdesktopcinnamonmacos
Centurix/rancher-centurix
Nov 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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