Irina Southwell
Principal Engineer at FeatureHub
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolIrina Southwell is a Principal Engineer and startup co-founder based in Auckland with a strong track record of delivering test automation, CI/CD and DevOps solutions across banking, e-commerce and telecom. She blends hands-on Flutter mobile/web development and backend Node.js work with strategic leadership—mentoring teams, designing test frameworks and driving continuous delivery in large digital transformations. With over eight years focused on automation and agile practices, she has repeatedly led cross-functional initiatives to modernise release pipelines and quality engineering at major NZ firms. Irina’s toolkit spans cloud platforms (GCP, AWS), Thought Machine core banking work, Dialogflow chatbots and a wide array of test stacks (Selenium, Appium, Cucumber), reflecting a rare mix of product ownership and deep engineering craft. Notably, she balances consultancy and execution as a co-founder of a B2B SaaS, demonstrating both commercial instincts and persistent commitment to shipping robust, testable systems.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Math, Physics, Computer science, System analysis and design, Math modelling, Radiolocation, Master, Math, Physics, Computer science, System analysis and design, Math modelling, Radiolocation at Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Technical University) Diploma, English, Diploma, English at Foreign Languages College (Moscow)
Russian, English
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Github Skills (117)
split-testing10
python10
testing10
ruby10
remote-config10
cloud-native10
streaming10
javascript10
feature-toggle10
feature-flags10
location10
golang10
feature-service10
java10
android10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
featurehub-io/featurehub-python-sdk
Aug 2021 - Jun 2022
Official FeatureHub Python SDK
Contributions:2 releases, 9 reviews, 11 commits in 10 months
sdk-pythonpythonsdk
ClearPointNZ/connect-flutter
Apr 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:16 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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