Stephen Mcmahon
Senior Software Engineer at Instacart
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolStephen Mcmahon is a Senior Software Engineer based in Melbourne with 11 years of experience building accessible, user-focused frontends and pragmatic backend services. He specializes in React, JavaScript, SASS, and UX, and brings hands-on PHP skills that help bridge frontend and legacy backend systems. Stephen has led teams and component library initiatives at companies like Alinta Energy and CoLab, and now ships large-scale features at Instacart while advocating for inclusive design practices. Known for practical decision-making—whether choosing mono repo strategies or pushing a #shipit culture—he also mentors engineers to speed delivery without sacrificing quality. Fun aside: he has strong opinions about date pickers, which often signals a deeper commitment to edge-case UX and accessibility.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Dual Diploma of Software & Website Development, Dual Diploma of Software & Website Development at Swinburne University of Technology
Github Skills (149)
silverstripe10
grav-plugin10
mvc-framework10
customisation10
forms10
php10
cms9
mvc9
relation9
form-builder9
compile9
favicon9
dub9
php-framework8
on-the-fly8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
stephenmcm/silverstripe-mailcapture
Jun 2015 - Jul 2019
A module for development/staging systems that capture email within the repository instead of actually sending to a user. These emails can then be browsed within the CMS
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
cmsphpemailemailssending
stephenmcm/silverstripe-solr
Jan 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:19 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 9 months
silverstripesolr-integrationsolr
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