Summary
Timothy Day is an engineering manager and hands-on frontend engineer with 9 years of software experience and a multidisciplinary background in civil engineering, computational linguistics, and military leadership. He currently leads Rome2Rio’s Data Content and Quality team, having previously built high-traffic React products focused on UX, accessibility and performance. Proficient across TypeScript/Node, React, GraphQL and D3, he pairs strong UI/data-visualisation skills with backend experience in Java, Kotlin and relational databases. His career spans startups, academia, government and multinational clients, giving him a pragmatic approach to product-building and cross-cultural collaboration. Known for user testing and solving tricky UI problems, he also brings structured experimental design skills from R&D roles and a disciplined leadership style forged in the Australian Army. Outside work he’s an avid birder and long-time Kiva microlender, supporting over 100 entrepreneurs.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
UNSW Sydney
Computational Linguistics, Computational Linguistics at University of Tübingen
Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
Australian Army Officer Training Military and Strategic Leadership Management Team dynamics Fitness Fieldcraft Military Ops, Australian Army Officer Training Military and Strategic Leadership Management Team dynamics Fitness Fieldcraft Military Ops at Australian Defence Force Academy
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Civil and Environmental, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Civil and Environmental at Monash University