Will Bradley
Senior Software Engineer at Akahu
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolWill Bradley is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building full-stack systems and resilient infrastructure, currently helping Akahu deliver open finance APIs in New Zealand. He specializes in backend and cloud-native development with Node.js/TypeScript and AWS CDK/Lambda, while also contributing to React frontends and scalable databases (DynamoDB/Postgres). Will has driven integrations and automation at scale—rebuilding high-load platforms at Crimson and designing Lambda-based sync layers for school systems—and brings consultancy breadth from earlier work at Toolbox. An active open-source contributor, he has improved UI controls and string utilities in the .NET Windows Community Toolkit and .NET Community Toolkit, reflecting a rare mix of UWP/XAML UI craft and backend engineering. Known for rapid problem decomposition and reverse-engineering complex APIs, he pairs a tinkerer’s curiosity (from rebuilding electronics as a kid) with disciplined, production-focused delivery.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
NCEA, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES, NCEA Level 1, 2 & 3 - Achieved with Merit, NCEA, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES, NCEA Level 1, 2 & 3 - Achieved with Merit at Saint KentigernBachelor's Degree of Science (BSc), Double Major in Computer Science and Information Systems, Bachelor's Degree of Science (BSc), Double Major in Computer Science and Information Systems at University of Auckland
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Github Skills (21)
strings10
xaml10
text-manipulation10
net10
uwp10
dotnet-new10
dotnet10
ui-design10
regular-expression10
asp-net10
uid10
front-end-development10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
windows-app-sdk9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
CommunityToolkit/WindowsCommunityToolkit
Apr 2017 - Oct 2018
The Windows Community Toolkit is a collection of helpers, extensions, and custom controls. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building .NET apps with UWP and the Windows App SDK / WinUI 3 for Windows 10 and Windows 11. The toolkit is part of the .NET Foundation.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:328 commits, 28 PRs, 7 pushes in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Will's contributions primarily involve creating and refining UI elements within the Windows Community Toolkit. They introduced the `RoundImageEx` control, modifying base image logic and adding properties for stroke customization. Furthermore, the user implemented style and layout enhancements, along with fixing design-time behaviors for the TextToolbar control within the sample application. They have a focus on UWP and XAML.
mvvmwindows-sdkc-sharpcustom-controlswindows-10
CommunityToolkit/dotnet
Jan 2018 - May 2018
.NET Community Toolkit is a collection of helpers and APIs that work for all .NET developers and are agnostic of any specific UI platform. The toolkit is maintained and published by Microsoft, and part of the .NET Foundation.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Will's contributions primarily involve modifying and extending string extensions within the Microsoft.Toolkit library. They updated the `StringExtensions` class, adding new functionalities such as HTML tag removal, email validation, and string truncation methods. Additionally, the user refactored and improved existing string extension methods, including updates to regular expressions. They also performed minor refactoring, fixed naming, and added tests to improve the quality of the code.
netframeworkagnosticmvvmmauic-sharp
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