Desiree Kelly
Lead Engineer at Versent
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDesiree Kelly is a Lead Engineer based in Sydney with a decade of experience solving business problems through pragmatic, user-focused software. She progressed from founding a boutique mobile/web studio to senior and lead engineering roles at Versent, blending hands-on development with team leadership and delivery rigor. Comfortable across the stack, Desiree excels at translating complex requirements into maintainable systems while mentoring engineers and fostering collaborative, high-performance teams. Her background includes consulting at ThoughtWorks and early customer-facing roles at Telstra, giving her a strong mix of technical depth and stakeholder empathy. Known for learning quickly and experimenting with new approaches, she consistently seeks ways to exceed expectations and improve delivery outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Technology Software Engineering, Bachelor of Information Technology Software Engineering at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Bachelor of Information Technology Computing and Intelligent Systems Software Development, Bachelor of Information Technology Computing and Intelligent Systems Software Development at Griffith UniversityCertificate IV in Small Business Management, Certificate IV in Small Business Management at Sarina Russo Institute
Github Skills (2)
levelup10
prototyping9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
desireekelly/biblioteca_release_1
Dec 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:158 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
desireekelly/twu-biblioteca-desireekelly
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:96 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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