Summary
Craig Rose is a pragmatic software development manager with 12 years of experience building and scaling cross-functional engineering teams across Australia and Germany. He has led backend, frontend, mobile, DevOps/SRE and QA teams to deliver platforms used by millions and handling billions in revenue, blending technical leadership with hands-on architecture guidance. Known for putting people before process, Craig emphasizes emotional intelligence, mentorship and guild-style collaboration to raise engineering capability and throughput. His background spans startups to high-traffic consumer services, from building a React/PHP/iOS POS to designing APIs that supported millions of daily transactions. He pairs a strong delivery focus—capacity planning, internship programs and stakeholder management—with a continuous-improvement mindset around quality and automation. Based in Queensland, he brings a rare mix of operational experience and team-first leadership that surfaces technical solutions while growing talent.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Technology, Did not Graduate, Bachelor of Information Technology, Did not Graduate at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
English, German