Steve Leigh
Lead Software Engineer at Octopus Deploy
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolSteve Leigh is a pragmatic engineering leader with over 15 years delivering robust, scalable software across web, BI, XR (AR/VR/MR) and GIS domains, now serving as Lead Software Engineer at Octopus Deploy. He combines hands-on expertise in C#, TypeScript, ASP.NET Core, Unity and Azure with a track record of modernising platforms—introducing DDD, CQRS, event sourcing, test automation and multi-environment cloud deployments. Steve has led cross-disciplinary teams building production XR solutions for HoloLens, Meta Quest and Varjo, and has the rare blend of skills to contribute to code, UX, 3D assets and audio when projects demand it. As a former CTO and managing consultant, he focuses on measurable engineering improvements: stronger telemetry, fewer outages, and faster recovery. He’s driven cultural change through mentoring, PD leave initiatives and acceptance-test-driven development, showing his commitment to team growth as well as product quality. Based in Brisbane, he thrived on solving real user problems by turning complex requirements into auditable, delightful solutions.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Technology Information Technology, Bachelor of Information Technology Information Technology at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
English
Github Skills (2)
software-quality10
security10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
SSWConsulting/SSW.Rules.Content
Jan 2016 - Apr 2016
Secret ingredients to quality software
Contributions:12 commits in 3 months
securitysoftware-qualityingredientssecretquality
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