Summary
Peter Toms is a Technical Director and seasoned software leader with 12+ years building data-centric, open-source friendly web and service platforms across B2B, government, CRM, finance, and construction sectors. He combines hands-on engineering—particularly in C#, PostgreSQL, and SaaS/Platform-as-a-Service architectures—with a track record of shaping continuous delivery and devops cultures that make engineers accountable for end-to-end delivery. Peter has led teams delivering mission-critical customer APIs, billing, and reporting systems, and recently expanded high-availability and disaster-recovery PostgreSQL offerings at Instaclustr. He is passionate about software quality, maintainability, performance, security, and testability, and naturally motivates teams to share those priorities. Based in Canberra, he remains an active coder after hours and mentors several local tech startups, bringing both greenfield and legacy modernization experience. Colleagues know him for translating complex requirements into extensible, production-ready systems while keeping an eye on emerging technologies.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National University