Michael Koukoullis
Founder at Merri Creek Woodwork
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolMichael Koukoullis is a seasoned software engineer and founder with 18 years’ experience building scalable mobile and backend systems for high-growth products, including pivotal roles at Canva, Square, and Cash App. He blends hands-on expertise in iOS (Objective-C/Swift) with backend architecture—Java, Kotlin, microservices, Vitess and AWS—having launched Canva’s iPhone app and contributed to Cash App’s banking platform. A pragmatic engineering manager and mentor, he’s comfortable moving between product-facing UI work and distributed systems at scale. Based in Melbourne, he now applies his design sensibility and sustainable craftsmanship to a bespoke woodworking studio, reflecting a creative, detail-oriented approach beyond software. He also participates in the startup ecosystem as an angel investor, bringing operator experience to early-stage teams.
17 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Melbourne
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (125)
reswift10
continuous-testing10
internationalization10
continuous-delivery10
autolayout10
localization10
snapkit10
swift10
continuous-deployment10
buildkite10
continuous-integration10
layout10
translation10
foundation10
dsl10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
kouky/MavlinkPrimaryFlightDisplay
Nov 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:146 commits, 12 PRs, 76 pushes in 4 months
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kouky/adaptive-instagram-app
Jan 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:68 commits, 25 pushes, 2 branches in 23 days
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