Summary
Julian Gommans is a senior full-stack web developer based in Wellington with 11 years’ experience delivering product-focused web and mobile apps using Elixir/Phoenix, Ruby/Rails, React/React Native and a broad mix of supporting tech like PostgreSQL, GraphQL and AWS. He has a track record of thriving in small, fast-growing teams—shifting between front-end, back-end and mobile responsibilities at CoGo where he helped scale products and the engineering org from a couple of engineers to 20+. Comfortable learning new languages and paradigms quickly, he successfully transitioned teams into Elixir/Tailwind stacks and built large data-integration pipelines. His background includes client-facing bespoke builds, product ownership of features in monoliths, and hands-on ops work like push notifications and mobile platform integration. With a BA in Psychology, he brings user-focused thinking to technical solutions and a pragmatic approach to cross-discipline collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Havelock North Highschool
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology (graduated 2012), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology (graduated 2012) at Victoria University of Wellington
German, English