Mitchell Dowd
Head Of Engineering at Xemplo
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolMitchell Dowd is a Head of Engineering based in Sydney with over a decade of experience turning strategic tech visions into scalable, maintainable software. He combines hands-on full-stack development with leadership of cross-functional and increasingly scaled agile teams, often stepping in to deliver critical work himself. His strengths lie in solution architecture, roadmap planning, recruitment and mentoring, and stakeholder engagement across enterprise and B2B contexts. He has repeatedly led technology transformations in travel, retail and financial services, prioritising simplified designs that reduce long-term operational cost. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic strategist who bridges business goals and engineering execution while cultivating high-performing teams. Outside work he balances managerial duties with hobbyist development, keeping his technical edge sharp.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Software Engineering at University of NewcastleThe University of SydneyWestport High School
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Github Skills (40)
java-native-interface10
dotnet10
java10
cpp10
cloud-computing9
linux9
windows9
qtwebkit8
docusign-api8
electronic-signatures7
directive7
html-to-pdf6
angular6
visual-studio6
rest6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mitchdowd/native
Jan 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:127 commits, 4 PRs, 256 pushes in 1 year 9 months
light-weightcppwindowslightgui-library
mitchdowd/jnipp
Oct 2016 - Sep 2021
C++ wrapper for the Java Native Interface
Contributions:2 reviews, 70 commits, 12 PRs in 5 years
cppjava-native-interfacejnijnippjava
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