Gareth Bowen
Senior Software Engineer at NZ Brush CO.
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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Top SchoolGareth Bowen is a Senior Software Engineer based in Dunedin, New Zealand with 12 years of experience building scalable, resilient systems and leading technical teams. He has driven architecture and delivery for health-tech at Medic—scaling an offline-first PouchDB/CouchDB stack to support nationwide programs—and continues to ship backend reliability improvements as a contributor to the popular PouchDB project. Gareth combines hands-on engineering with board-level strategy, steering cybersecurity, digital marketing and cloud transitions across multiple organisations as a director and chairperson. Comfortable across full-stack webapps, containerisation and operational monitoring, he excels at turning complex requirements into maintainable, configurable platforms. A pragmatic leader and open-source collaborator, he pairs deep technical craftsmanship with commercial insight that has helped grow niche markets and improve service continuity.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at University of OtagoOtago Boys High School
English, French
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Github Skills (17)
couchdb10
javascript10
databases10
pouchdb10
replication10
database10
testing9
responsive-design9
sass9
database-migration6
shuffle6
css6
spring-security6
dynamic6
grails6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
pouchdb/pouchdb
Nov 2015 - Nov 2022
:kangaroo: - PouchDB is a pocket-sized database.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 236 reviews, 20 commits in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Gareth's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the replication functionality of PouchDB, particularly by implementing and refining features related to replication timeouts and checkpointing. Their work involved modifying core replication logic, integrating timeout options, and ensuring proper checkpoint updates even in scenarios with no changes. Additionally, the user contributed to optimizations like caching design document views and filters, leading to improved performance of data retrieval operations. These commits reflect a focus on enhancing the efficiency and reliability of PouchDB's replication and data management processes.
pocketjavascriptdatabasepouchdbcouchdb
medic/medic-smsparser
Mar 2014 - Mar 2017
Contributions:58 commits, 2 comments in 3 years 1 month
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