Rory Mearns
Software Engineer at Xero
New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolRory Mearns is a software engineer based in New Zealand who transitioned from a career in engineering geology to full-stack web development, bringing scientific rigor and field-hardened problem solving to product engineering. With 11 years of experience and roles at Xero and Timely, he delivers end-to-end solutions across .NET, C#, React/TypeScript, SQL and Azure while also facilitating agile teams. He’s pragmatic about UX, responsiveness and accessibility, and increasingly explores serverless, Docker and Web Components to modernize deployments. Comfortable working solo or in pair/mob settings, Rory blends technical craft with clear, respectful communication and a knack for making distributed teams productive. His background in geology and design training gives him an uncommon eye for detail and systems thinking that informs both code quality and user-centred interfaces.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma for Graduates, Computer Science, Diploma for Graduates, Computer Science at University of OtagoMsc, Geology, Msc, Geology at Victoria University of WellingtonCertificate, Design, Certificate, Design at Massey UniversityAdvanced course in Jurassic - Cretaceous - Cenozoic organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts, Paleontology, Advanced course in Jurassic - Cretaceous - Cenozoic organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts, Paleontology at Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo'
Github Skills (1)
editorconfig5
Github contributions (5)
RoryMearns/Assignment_Simple_Smartwatch_App
May 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:2 commits, 50 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
RoryMearns/Windsurf_Calculator
May 2015 - Jan 2018
Contributions:13 commits, 43 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 8 months
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