Summary
Gene Culling is a software engineer based in Wellington, New Zealand with 11 years of experience building and maintaining production systems and automations across public sector and commercial environments. He works hands-on across the stack—Java, JavaScript/React, bash and PowerShell—focusing on product- and service-centric initiatives, CI/CD, automated testing and improving existing solutions. Prior roles from IT officer to senior information systems officer give him deep operational experience in Active Directory, VMware, networking and disaster recovery, which informs pragmatic, supportable design decisions. A strong collaborator with tutoring and team-based sprint experience, he pairs careful documentation practice with a knack for identifying inefficiencies and shipping measurable improvements. Notably, he transitioned from long-term systems administration into software engineering, bringing an uncommon blend of infrastructure discipline and product delivery skills.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Certificate IV in Programming, Computer Programming, Certificate IV in Programming, Computer Programming at TAFE NSW
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 8.3/9, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 8.3/9 at Victoria University of Wellington
Diploma of Information Technology (Network Engineering), Information Technology, Diploma of Information Technology (Network Engineering), Information Technology at TAFE