Vijay Santhanam
Lead Consultant at Thoughtworks
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolVijay Santhanam is a seasoned software leader with 16 years’ experience delivering web and mobile products, currently leading customer experience and design engineering at Thoughtworks from Sydney. He's held senior engineering roles across product studios and startups—ustwo, Muru Music, and his own ventures—combining hands-on development with strategic technical direction. A former university lecturer and research assistant in software architecture and HCI, he brings pedagogical clarity to complex engineering problems and a knack for mentoring teams. He co-founded AppInstruct to teach practical app-building skills, reflecting his interest in turning ideas into shipped products. Vijay’s background spans embedded media, iOS, and full-stack web platforms, with a pattern of moving between consultancy, product and teaching roles that sharpens both delivery and user-focused design. Outside titles that joke about “synergy” belie a pragmatic leader who pairs creativity with disciplined engineering practice.
16 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering, Software, Bachelor of Engineering, Software at University of Technology, SydneyMerewether High School
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Github Skills (163)
ioc-container10
spotify-api10
seeding10
netcore10
spotify10
javascript10
music10
dependency-injection10
autofac10
nodejs10
csharp10
css10
netstandard10
chrome10
dotnet9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
CVertex/optus-weather-assignment
May 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:14 PRs, 18 pushes, 7 branches in 13 days
CVertex/echonest-sharp
Dec 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:8 pushes in 5 months
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