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Jeandré Pierré Luiters
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Jeandré Pierré Luiters

Christchurch

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Job Search Status

Open to work
Desired start date: Flexible

Desired Job Title

Senior Software EngineerLead Software EngineerTechnology People Lead (Software Development)Chapter Lead for Software EngineeringSenior Developer

Location Preference

On-SiteRemoteHybrid
Location: ChristchurchChristchurch, CAN
Open to relocation: Yes

Important To Me

Company CulturePersonal development programsWork-life balanceCareer advancement

Summary

Proactive, people-centric, target/goal-driven software engineer and people leader who obtained transferable skills through experience gained at corporate companies and software houses. Helps others to overcome obstacles to achieve their goals, in addition to developing them as assets to the company. Dedicated to improvement and efficiency. Skilled at developing and maintaining applications whilst rethinking and/or refactoring software design. Quick learning of new technologies and a drive to understand it thoroughly. Highly efficient in dynamic and fast-paced environments.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Software Engineer

Short-Term Contract Position Through Sunstone Talent at Farmlands
Christchurch, NZ
04.2026 - 07.2026
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and deliver robust applications
  • Enhanced user experience with intuitive interface design and responsive web applications
  • Enhanced code quality through rigorous testing and debugging practices, ensuring system reliability
  • Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of the software
  • Evaluated emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement within projects
  • Improved software performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks in the code
  • Integrated new technologies into existing systems, increasing capabilities and improving overall performance
  • Participated in agile development processes, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives

Lead Software Engineer

Westpac
Auckland, NZ
11.2023 - 03.2026
  • Led and established engineering practices in new engineering DigiComms Squad in Digital Engineering,
  • Collaborated with Principal Engineer to design innovative solutions that supported team objectives.
  • Developed solutions for operating without a QE in the team, including cross-repo access for engineers to approve PRs in place of QE, establishing round-robin testing schedules, and creating an automation strategy to convert manual tests.
  • Led the Digital Design Document.
  • Identified improvements for systems to enhance consistency and reuse.
  • Built a bridge for the gap between PDC and Online and Mobile - PDC was consistently left off and out, leading to challenges in working in one codebase.
  • Developed features, bug fixes, code review, and other general engineering duties.

Technology People Lead (Software Development)

Westpac
Auckland, NZ
11.2023 - 03.2026
  • Led and managed 27 direct reports to reach their goals and further their careers.
  • Conducted workforce planning by assessing staff skills, benchmarking performance levels, and performing capacity planning to ensure timely delivery and inform future hiring plans based on staff attrition rates.
  • Managed remote and in-office teams to ensure effective collaboration and communication.
  • Provided coaching to developers to improve their skills and productivity.
  • Identified and led opportunities to improve craft practices and tools.
  • Led establishment of engineering practices and facilitated collaboration among engineers through Community of Practice (COP) to foster a strong engineering culture.
  • Drove technical excellence in technology for my people through coaching and mentorship.

Chapter Lead for Software Engineering

Westpac
Auckland, NZ
11.2019 - 10.2023
  • Led the development of the template, standards and guidelines for micro front-end development, using Module Federation.
  • Led the business case for the upgrade of legacy software in the front-end, raising awareness on associated risks and business costs, technical discovery to plan out work required and estimated lines of code affected (660000+).
  • Led education and implementation of TDD for software engineers and quality engineers within squads and expanded knowledge to wider department.
  • Led and mentored 19 direct reports to reach their goals and furthering their careers.
  • Led development team and mentored developers in various squads.
  • Ran Community of Practice (COP) for front-end web development in Consumer Segments, fostering discussions on new practices, coding standards, and technologies while facilitating problem sharing and solutions across the web development community.
  • Led and helped graduates excel in the Westpac Graduate Programme.
  • Drove social activities and team building within my squad (potentially to be extended to the wider Consumer Segments engineering community in Auckland).
  • Managed contract renewals through PAE process.
  • Acted as technical liaison between teams and third party software vendor.
  • Drove technical excellence within squad by promoting best practices and innovative solutions.
  • Drove recruitment for software engineers and quality engineers.
  • Drove improvement for the technical infrastructure of the system.
  • Rebuilt domain and intellectual property.

Senior Developer

CRS Software
Wellington, NZ
08.2018 - 11.2019
  • Led development team, mentored developers, and managed work allocation to optimize project delivery.
  • Re-coded two major features, transitioning them to a new framework, impacting 14,000+ lines of code and ensuring automated tests were updated.
  • Designed features and addressed domain problems to enhance application functionality.
  • Develop features according to sprint specifications.
  • Identified and resolved software bugs through systematic testing and debugging processes..

Senior Software Engineer

RedBlade Software
Cape Town, South Africa
03.2017 - 08.2018
  • Data driven application development.
  • Analysed systems and implemented optimizations to improve performance.
  • Developed and designed enhancements for current systems based on requirements.
  • Analysed applications for bugs and enhancements, engineered solutions to address issues.
  • Researched and developed prototypes for new features and optimisations.

Developer .Net

Capitec Bank
Cape Town, South Africa
01.2015 - 02.2017
  • Developed designed applications/systems from scratch.
  • Drove the implementation process through the different environments to productions (Development -> Integration -> Quality Assurance -> Production).
  • Developed enhancements to applications/systems.
  • Analysed systems/applications for bugs and enhancements and fix the bugs.
  • Provided technical support during office hours and occasionally 24 hour support.

Junior Programmer

Telesure Technology Solutions
Cape Town, South Africa
03.2012 - 12.2014
  • Analysed system to identify bugs and recommend enhancements.
  • Developed functionality enhancements and resolved errors in the system.
  • Wrote SQL code to modify data based on user requests.
  • Developed and wrote SQL statements to draw reports based on user requirements.

Education

Introductory Māori (505) -

Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, NZ
2024

Foundational Leadership Program -

Westpac
Auckland, NZ
2021

Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems -

University of Heriot Watt
Cape Town, RSA
01-2014

Higher National Diploma - Project Management

CTI Education Group
Cape Town, RSA
01-2012

Higher National Certificate - Information Systems Software Development

CTI Education Group
Cape Town, RSA
01-2011

Skills

Software:

  • Web Front End: JavaScript; TypeScript; LocalStorage; event delegation; custom built HTML5 video player; Web Audio API; HTML5; CSS3; SASS; jQuery; Webpack; Cypress;
  • React: React; (React Hooks; Redux; Redux-Form 5 through 7; Axios; React-Router; reselect; Redux-Thunk; Redux-Saga; Middleware; Enzyme; react-testing-library, Jest, ImmutableJS);
  • Angular: Angular (5) - intermediary; AngularJS (Angular1);
  • CSS Styling libraries: Bootstrap3; Bootstrap4; SemanticUI;
  • Java: Lambdas; Java Generics; Collections; Spring Boot; JPA; Hibernate; JUnit 4&5; Mockito;
  • MEAN: Node - API with Express and MVC style apps (MVC view engines: hbs, ejs, pug); Express; NPM / Yarn; MongoDB; Mongoose; AWS Client; PM2;
  • Cross platform: Design Patterns; SOLID and DRY design principles; Test / Behaviour Driven Development (TDD / BDD) on various frameworks (Jest, Jasmine, Mocha, Microsoft Unit Test Framework, RSpec); Asynchronous programming; Advanced Debugging;
  • Source Control: Git; TFS (Team Foundation Server)
  • DevOps: Docker; Kubernetes; Redis;
  • Microsoft: C# (40, 50, 60); ASPNET MVC 4 and 5; Net Core 10; Entity Framework; MEF; Dependency Injection - Castle Windsor, Unity; Web API 2; WPF & MVVM; WCF; LINQ; Generics; Serialisation (JSON, XML); Referential Database Design (SQL Server); Creating an MSI (Microsoft Installer file); Power Shell and Dynamic State Configuration (DSC); SQL Server 2008, 2012, 2014; Visual Studio 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017; VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) / Macros;
  • Ruby: Ruby & Ruby On Rails
  • Cloud: AWS (Amazon Web Services) S3; SWF; Lambda; SNS; SQS; CloudFront; IAM; EC2;
  • Firebase Authentication; Hosting; Realtime Database; Cloud Firestore;
  • Heroku Heroku Dynos

Platforms / OS:

  • MacOS; Linux; Various MS Windows versions; AS/400;

Databases:

  • MongoDB; PostgreSQL; Microsoft SQL Server; DB2;

Interests

  • AI and new technology
  • Camping
  • Adventure Motorcycling

Nationality

  • New Zealand Citizen
  • Full NZ driver's licence

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer

Short-Term Contract Position Through Sunstone Talent at Farmlands
04.2026 - 07.2026

Lead Software Engineer

Westpac
11.2023 - 03.2026

Technology People Lead (Software Development)

Westpac
11.2023 - 03.2026

Chapter Lead for Software Engineering

Westpac
11.2019 - 10.2023

Senior Developer

CRS Software
08.2018 - 11.2019

Senior Software Engineer

RedBlade Software
03.2017 - 08.2018

Developer .Net

Capitec Bank
01.2015 - 02.2017

Junior Programmer

Telesure Technology Solutions
03.2012 - 12.2014

Higher National Certificate - Information Systems Software Development

CTI Education Group

Higher National Diploma - Project Management

CTI Education Group

Introductory Māori (505) -

Auckland University of Technology

Foundational Leadership Program -

Westpac

Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems -

University of Heriot Watt

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