David Hong
Chief Engineer at Commonwealth Bank
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Hong is a seasoned engineering leader with 15 years designing and shipping software across capital markets, fintech, and payments, currently serving as Chief Engineer at Commonwealth Bank. He combines hands-on full-stack and API development expertise with DevOps and Kubernetes-driven production operations, having led engineering teams at Expertli/True Home Loans and co-created the Beem It payments app. Comfortable in both startup founding roles and large enterprise delivery, he has a track record of translating complex financial requirements into reliable, scalable systems. David holds a Bachelor's in Computer Software Engineering from UNSW and is known for pragmatic team building and operationalizing ML/automation-friendly pipelines. Colleagues note his blend of deep technical craft and product-focused judgment—he often treats complex integrations as "magic" made repeatable. Based in Sydney, he brings both institutional finance experience and startup velocity to engineering strategy and execution.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
UNSW Sydney
English, Korean
Stackoverflow
121reputation
17kreached
3answers
2questions
Github Skills (153)
jquery-plugin10
styled-components10
javascript10
jquery10
kustomize10
continuous-delivery10
api10
helm10
jsonnet10
input-field10
pipeline10
html10
continuous-deployment10
json10
kubernetes10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
hongymagic/Backbone.LinkedCollection
Jul 2012 - Oct 2013
Contributions:16 commits in 1 year 3 months
hongymagic/qmk_firmware
Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Contributions:47 pushes, 2 branches, 1 tag in 1 year 2 months
rp2040firmwareavratmelusb
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