Summary
Pete Ryland is a seasoned platform engineer with nearly three decades of experience across banking, telecommunications and internet industries, currently building resilient infrastructure at PostFinance. He holds an honours degree in Electrical Engineering (Computing and Networking) from UNSW and combines deep systems-level skills in Linux, AWS, automation and languages including Haskell, Python, C and Bash. Pete has led infrastructure growth at scale—shaping SRE/DevOps practices and tooling at Magnolia over a decade and stepping into IT leadership roles while maintaining hands-on delivery. His background in algorithmic trading and low-latency systems at Goldman Sachs informs a measured, reliability-first approach to platform design. A practical polyglot and automation advocate, he blends architecture, operations and development to reduce toil and improve deployability. Based in Switzerland, he also brings disciplined volunteer leadership experience from national sports governance and coaching, reflecting a collaborative, team-first mindset.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie)
UNSW Sydney