Summary
Elliot Whiley is a Tech Lead based in Auckland with 10 years of software engineering experience, currently driving delivery and architecture at Simplicity. He has a strong track record at Pushpay where he led authentication migrations, built GraphQL APIs, created customer-facing giving experiences, and helped decompose a monolith into AWS microservices. Comfortable across .NET Core, C#, TypeScript/React, and cloud tooling (Lambda, DynamoDB, Terraform), Elliot combines hands-on coding with project leadership and recruitment experience. He’s passionate about mentoring and has guided students and peers through hackathons and onboarding, reflecting a commitment to growing engineering talent. A former private tutor in STEM subjects, he brings clear communication and pedagogical skill to technical coaching and documentation. Pragmatic, curious, and delivery-focused, Elliot thrives on solving integration challenges and helping teams ship reliable, user-facing systems.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Auckland Grammar School
Bachelor’s Degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Software Engineering at The University of Auckland
English