Lachlan Deck
Senior Engineer - Cloud Services at NurtureCloud
Greater Sydney Area Australia
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Top SchoolLachlan Deck is a Senior Engineer specializing in cloud services and real-time data platforms with over two decades of software engineering experience and 15 years in senior technical roles. He has led large-scale initiatives—most recently architecting a Qantas Data Streaming Platform and modernising microservices at Macquarie—focusing on resilient, test-driven, modular systems using Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka Streams and Google Cloud. Known for raising engineering standards, he consistently improves test coverage, CI practices and developer experience while aligning technical decisions with business outcomes. He thrives in cross-functional environments, turning operational pain into stable delivery through pairing, XP practices and clear stakeholder engagement. Outside of code he’s also a musician and avid social player of table tennis and cricket, a background that surfaces in his collaborative, people-first leadership style. Based in Greater Sydney, he combines deep legacy-system experience with a proven track record of delivering production-ready, future-proof data solutions.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master Of Computer Studies Software Computing, Master Of Computer Studies Software Computing at University of New England (AU)Bachelor Of Music Jazz Theory Performance Music Technology, Bachelor Of Music Jazz Theory Performance Music Technology at Australian Institute of MusicBachelor of Arts/Music Music Technology Performance, Bachelor of Arts/Music Music Technology Performance at Western Sydney UniversityMaster of Divinity (M.Div.) Theological and Ministerial Studies, Master of Divinity (M.Div.) Theological and Ministerial Studies at Australian University of Theology
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Github Skills (200)
testing10
junit10
docker-container10
command-line-tool10
integration-testing10
linux10
docker-compose10
test-automation10
selenium-webdriver10
jvm10
java10
throwaway10
docker10
shell-extension10
selenium10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
ldeck/nix-config
Mar 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:88 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
ldeck/iguanavpn-cli
Mar 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:21 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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