Jack Finlay
Senior Software Engineer at carsales
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolJack Finlay is a Senior Software Engineer based in Melbourne with 11 years of experience designing and scaling .NET and Azure-based platforms. He specializes in C#, .NET (including .NET Core/6), and SQL, and has a track record of improving performance and delivery—cutting API call volume, speeding deployments to minutes, and enabling source-controlled DB migrations for safe continuous delivery. Jack has built systems used by millions (loyalty and notification platforms) and architected greenfield products and integrations across finance, utilities, and real estate domains. He pairs hands-on engineering with mentoring, driving team practices like pair programming, code review, and reproducible local environments via Docker Compose. Comfortable exploring new languages and tools, he frequently applies pragmatic optimisations (e.g., durable functions, Azure Service Bus) to turn data-heavy workflows into reliable, production-grade services. Known for turning operational pain points into measurable improvements, he balances deep technical craft with practical delivery.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer and Information Sciences, Bachelor’s Degree Computer and Information Sciences at Auckland University of Technology
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Github Skills (25)
json10
html9
realms8
builder-pattern8
factory-pattern7
text-files7
maintenance-mode7
command-pattern7
social-authentication6
proxy-pattern6
obsolete6
design-patterns6
oop6
strings6
csharp5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
JackWFinlay/scriptella-HTTP
Feb 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 29 pushes in 5 months
connection
JackWFinlay/EscapeRoute
Dec 2017 - Jan 2024
Selectively trim and escape text files into JSON friendly strings
Contributions:6 releases, 20 PRs, 47 pushes in 6 years 2 months
actstringsrealmstext-filesjson
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