Richard Sims
Software Engineer at carsales.com.au
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Sims is a software engineer based in Melbourne with eight years’ experience building full-stack .NET and React applications and a strong grounding in data engineering and reporting. He champions test-driven development, CI/CD and Lean/DevOps practices to enable fast, reliable delivery and routinely engages stakeholders to unblock teams and de-risk projects early. Comfortable spinning up projects from scratch, he has implemented ASP.NET Core backends, EF Core data layers, React/React Native frontends, and cloud pipelines with automated testing and Sonar scanning. His background in automated reporting and data warehouses gives him a practical appreciation for data quality and scalable workflows beyond typical web development. Driven by continuous learning and architectural trade-offs, he’s eager to apply his delivery-focused mindset to new tech stacks and challenging domains.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma of Software Development, Computer Software Engineering, Diploma of Software Development, Computer Software Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology
Github Skills (5)
discord-bot7
discord-py6
discord6
matchmaking4
nextcord3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
monkiepaws/polybot
Aug 2018 - Dec 2020
A match making bot for Team WP's Discord server
Contributions:9 PRs, 91 pushes, 14 branches in 2 years 4 months
discordbotdiscord-botdiscord-servermatch-making
monkiepaws/polybotpy
Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
A Discord matchmaking bot
Contributions:21 commits, 6 PRs, 16 pushes in 3 months
matchmakingdiscordbotdiscord-botdiscord-py
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