Maurice Yong
Developer at Xero
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolMaurice Yong is a Melbourne-based developer with 8 years’ experience building web applications and a current engineering role at Xero, blending practical JavaScript and C# skills with formal training from Coder Academy and freeCodeCamp. He co-owns Vivo Music, where he applies entrepreneurial and education-focused experience to run a music education business alongside his software career, reflecting a rare mix of tech and people-facing background. Prior roles at JB Hi‑Fi and a foundation in biomedical science and tutoring give him a disciplined, analytical approach to problem solving and learning. Maurice’s early service as a fire & rescue specialist and air traffic control training hint at calm decision-making under pressure and strong operational discipline. He’s actively exploring machine learning and community growth in Melbourne, positioning himself to bridge developer tools and applied learning initiatives.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma of Information Technology, Web Development, Diploma of Information Technology, Web Development at Coder AcademyBachelor of Biomedical Science, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology at Deakin UniversityFull Stack Web Development, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development, Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCampCertificate IV, Business Administration and Management, General, Certificate IV, Business Administration and Management, General at Talent2 International
Github Skills (15)
twitter9
feed9
scraper9
espn8
discourse8
webscraping8
monitor7
act7
ifttt7
midi7
rss7
agent7
monitoring6
keyboard6
automation5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
snikeron/react-project-partB
Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:95 commits, 23 PRs, 49 pushes in 17 days
Snikeron/wedding-landing
Oct 2020 - Jun 2022
Contributions:17 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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