Stephen Wrathall is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building web applications across Java and Ruby on Rails, currently contributing at Atlassian from Greater Perth. He progressed from Java development at Macquarie Group to lead developer and senior engineer roles at Agworld, where he focused on APIs, front-end work and improving developer effectiveness. Stephen combines strong full-stack fluency with hands-on leadership—mentoring teams, shaping processes, and driving long-term maintainability. His background in computer engineering (1st Class Honours) and early research in automatic wildlife sensing reflect a blend of rigorous engineering and practical, experimental problem solving. Comfortable across backend services and frontend interfaces, he excels at turning complex domain requirements into reliable, developer-friendly systems. Colleagues value him for steady delivery, pragmatic architecture choices, and an eye for improving day-to-day developer experience.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, 1st Class Honours, Computer Engineering, 1st Class Honours at University of New South Wales
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Stephen Wrathall - Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian