Finn Andersen

Building services to support the integration & optimisation of domestic energy devices (EVs, batteries, solar, heat pumps) necessary for a dynamic smart grid and green energy future.

Provide significant design input for the Fleet Management service, and lead the Aurora RDS database migration and management component. 

Develop fully typed & 100% test coverage Python microservices on AWS using Lambda, SQLAlchemy & Pydantic.

Developed features & improvements for the Kraken revolutionary energy tech platform (a massively complex Django monolith under the hood).

Lead development of repayment intervention, Centrepay concession payment & debt collection solutions for Kraken energy retailer clients, including integrations with external agency vendors.

Regularly initiated proposals and engaged in conversation about software design, optimisation & best practices.

Responsible for end-to-end design & development of an extensive data platform delivering data retention and location based solutions for law enforcement and emergency services use cases.

Lead & mentored a small team of developers, promoting software engineering best practices.

Full-stack web application & API development using Python, Django & DRF.

Developed a custom framework for defining data processing pipelines and transforms using Pandas.

Implemented processes & tools for CI/CD workflows using Gitlab, Jenkins and Ansible.

Spearheaded in-house software development capability for data processing tools and systems using self-taught skills

Lead the full-stack design and development of an end-to-end data processing platform using Python, to satisfy Telstra’s Data Retention obligations

Developed Location Based Services application for use by law enforcement & emergency services agencies, using Django web framework and Google Maps interface

Configured and administered multi-site platform infrastructure including Linux servers, SQL Server databases, Windows Server domain and Splunk event monitoring

Developed a web-based interactive signal strength heat-map of the Melbourne CBD Telstra Air Wi-Fi Hotspot network, from data collection to processing and user interface

Interacted directly with Wi-Fi gateway manufacturers to evaluate the efficacy of new wireless technologies in Telstra’s Home Integration Lab

Created insight reports by undertaking investigative analysis of usage habits of Telstra services and customers

Developed extensive geometric algorithms and operations in MATLAB to assist with R&D of CNC milling machines

Performed a statistical literature review to investigate the trends of malaria research in a range of Asia-Pacific countries as part of an an international malaria research team

Contributed to publication of two papers in medical scientific journals, including one as first author