Stuart Kennedy
Principal Architect at Spark New Zealand
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolStuart Kennedy is a Principal Architect and certified Node.js developer with nine years of software experience who transitioned from a decade of Chinese–English localisation and teaching into full‑stack development. He progressed rapidly from founding a small web services business to leading engineering teams and, by 2024–2025, holding chapter lead and principal roles at Spark New Zealand and previously leading engineering at UbiQuity. Stuart blends TypeScript, Node.js and React expertise with product-minded delivery experience in data, analytics and customer engagement platforms. Fluent in Chinese and seasoned in cross-cultural communication, he brings uncommon strengths in localisation-informed UX and technical documentation. His background as an educator and former army rifleman gives him a pragmatic leadership style focused on clear training, resilient systems and practical solutions.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Psychology, Bachelor of Science Psychology at University of AdelaideChinese Language, Chinese Language at Beijing Language and Culture University
Chinese, English
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Github Skills (45)
typescript10
javascript9
nodejs8
microsoft7
electron7
server7
vscode-extension7
vscode7
typechecker7
http7
editor7
mean-stack6
ejs6
react6
superset6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tuftjs/tuft
Apr 2020 - Apr 2022
A minimalist web framework for Node.js.
Contributions:32 releases, 453 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years
node-jsminimalistjavascriptframeworknodejs
rav2040/h2c
Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
A basic HTTP/2 command-line client.
Contributions:2 releases, 2 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year 2 months
http-clientcommand-linecli
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