Steven Baker
Principal Developer at NSW Department of Customer Service
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Baker is a Principal Developer based in Brisbane with 11 years of experience delivering secure, citizen-facing government and banking platforms. He has led development and architecture for digital identity and payments projects, including NSW’s Digital Birth Certificate and enterprise CX platforms such as mobile and online banking. Comfortable both hands-on and as an IT manager, he has built high-performing teams, introduced TDD/CI practices, and guided security and penetration testing to harden systems. His cross-government work spans identity management, fraud prevention, and whole-of-government payment integrations, reflecting deep domain knowledge in public sector compliance. Known for translating complex requirements into pragmatic, auditable solutions, he blends Java and scripting expertise with strong vendor and stakeholder management. An early tutor and continual trainer, he still invests in mentoring and practical skills transfer across teams.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Technology Information Technology, Bachelor of Information Technology Information Technology at James Cook University
English, java, groovy, ruby, c++, c#, grails, perl, bash, python, javascript
Github Skills (87)
custom-domain10
payment-gateway9
spring9
java9
spring-boot9
django8
aws-amplify8
hosting8
web-application8
static-site8
digital-signature7
serverless7
database7
aws7
webapp6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bakersemail/orders-v1
Aug 2023 - Dec 2024
Orders base v1 before layout updates in v2
Contributions:28 PRs, 34 pushes, 25 branches in 1 year 4 months
qld-gov-au/orders
Nov 2014 - Oct 2022
Generic orders application for integrating with SSQ Payment Gateway and configurable products
Contributions:1 review, 28 commits, 283 PRs in 8 years
payment-gateway
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