Richard Nelson
Head Of Engineering at Atlassian
Greater Sydney Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Nelson is an accomplished engineering leader with over two decades of software development experience and a decade in senior management roles across major Australian technology and enterprise firms. Currently Head of Engineering at Atlassian in Sydney, he has a proven track record of building high-performance teams and aligning technical best practices with business priorities at organisations including Nuix, Macquarie Group, Qantas and Yahoo7. He combines hands-on engineering roots with strategic delivery experience, navigating mobile, digital platforms and large-scale enterprise systems. Known for pragmatic, solution-driven leadership, Richard focuses on measurable outcomes and developer productivity while fostering cross-functional collaboration. An alumnus of Macquarie University, he brings a rare blend of deep technical credibility and long-standing operational leadership in Australia’s tech landscape.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computing and Information Systems, Bachelor of Computing and Information Systems at Macquarie University
Github Skills (59)
poc9
java9
server9
cpp9
machine-learning8
vespa8
search-engine8
vector-search7
spark7
big-data7
rms7
tensorflow7
ai7
exploit7
python7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
wabzqem/covidsafe-CVE-2020-12717-exploit
May 2020 - May 2021
Code for exploit for CVE-2020-12717
Contributions:7 commits, 9 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year
securitycvepentestingpocexploit
wabzqem/vaxproxy
Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 16 pushes in 10 days
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