ALANA GEORGE

Software Developer

hello@alanageorge.com

About Me

I am a full-stack software developer with a love of front-end and a passion for quality of design and solution.

Work Experience

THOUGHTWORKS AUSTRALIA

Lead Developer 2018 - 2023

Senior Developer 2014 - 2018, Developer 2010 - 2014

Working as a consultant for Thoughtworks, I served as a Tech Lead and software developer for many prominent Australian companies. My role spanned all aspects of the Agile software development, including:

  • Full stack development across a variety of languages and frameworks
  • Ensuring quality of solution by shifting testing left, utilising the testing pyramid and Test-Driven Development
  • Working with best practices such as Trunk-Based-Development, extensible design, refactoring, pairing
  • Working across DevOps initiatives, orchestrating CI/CD pipelines, deploying to cloud-based platforms, monitoring and alerting.
  • Team leadership and cultivation with a focus on mentoring juniors
  • Facilitating and participating in discovery and inception sessions
  • Working with Product and CX on design, analysis and story-writing

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (COMPUTING)

Swinburne University of Technology

2004 - 2007

DIPLOMA OF MULTIMEDIA

Swinburne University of Technology

2001 - 2003

Skills

  • Javascript/Typescript
  • React/NextJS
  • HTML/CSS
  • REST/GraphQL
  • Database/NoSQL
  • AWS/Docker/CI-CD Tools
  • Communication
  • Facilitation
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Mentoring
  • Analysis
  • Problem solving