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Kito Clark - Senior software developer

Ace fullstack developer with a specialty in React, Node.js & humor.

My story

I started my coding journey in 2018 by attending a coding boot-camp and discovered a hidden passion (and at times unhealthy addiction) from the first line of code I wrote. This journey has provided me with the skills and privilege of building software in a range of companies and industries including public transport, health care, cyber security and online marketing and course creation.

My ethos

As a senior software developer, my primary focus is on building resilient and maintainable software solutions. I blend creativity with logical problem-solving to develop innovative solutions. I am a firm believer in fostering a collaborative environment, where knowledge sharing and mutual growth are key to enhancing the efficiency and performance of the teams I work with.

My interests

In my personal time I enjoy travel, surfing and Muay Thai. I also have a newfound passion for woodworking, and in specific building wooden surfboards.

I'm also passionate about automation and efficiency, particularly using tools like N8N to automate mundane tasks and integrating AI to streamline workflows. I find great satisfaction in identifying repetitive processes and building intelligent solutions that save time and reduce manual effort.

Beyond automation, I'm deeply excited about being part of the evolution of technology and how we interact with it. I'm particularly passionate about voice agents and AI, exploring how these technologies can create more intuitive and natural ways for people to engage with software. There's something truly compelling about building systems that understand and respond to human communication in real-time, making technology more accessible and human-centered.

Scroll the skies to see where my journey has taken me!

EXPERIENCE

TeamForm

Feb 2024
Present

Remote, Full-time

TeamForm provides an interface with a teams first view of organizations. It shows full visibility of the teams, their roles and objectives. It provides visualization tools to understand your organization better and a host of other useful features that help in providing clarity within large companies.

Achievements:

  • Consolidated two apps into one to bring parity between the two
  • Utilised graph libraries to create complex visualisation dashboard
  • Refactored existing code for better readability and maintainability
  • Worked on complex SQL queries for providing recursive data structures
  • Pioneered the implementation of a realtime/low latency voice AI agent that could be used to answer questions about the data and navigate the app

Skills

React

React Flow

Graphs/Visualizations

GraphQL

NodeJS

Jest

PostgresQL

Storybook

ElasticSearch

SQL

Career interlude & Freelancing

Sep 2023
Feb 2024

Remote, Australia, Freelance

I took a short career break to follow a passion project. I found a passion in building surfboards from wood. I spent time in the workshop crafting a variety of surfboards and learning the art of shaping. I also spent time freelancing for clients including Capability Psychology to ensure my coding skills didn't get too dusty.

Achievements:

  • Built 12 surfboards of varying shapes and sizes
  • Learned how to use a variety of woodworking tools
  • Learned how to use a surfboard shaping software
  • Put myself out there with my creations at a few markets to show my boards to the community
  • Redesigned Capability Psychology site with Gatsby
  • Added Contentful for content management

Skills

Surfboard shaping

Woodworking skills

Machinery skills

Hand carving tools

Gatsby

Contentful

React

Simplero

Mar 2023
Sep 2023

Remote, Contract

Simplero is a CRM for online business owners. The mission was simply simplifying the day to day management of online businesses for coaches, consultants, course creators, and service businesses.

Achievements:

  • Lead development to modernise codebase, boosting maintainability & improving developer experience
  • Built and deployed an in-page website builder, enhancing UI and streamlining site creation for 1000s of users
  • Expanded functionality of graphql API
  • Developed features with StimulusJS and ruby on rails
  • Collaborated remotely and communicated asynchronously to deliver objectives and features

Skills

React

Typescript

React-Relay

GraphQL

JQuery

Ruby on Rails

Liquid

StimulusJS

ViewComponent

SandboxAQ

Oct 2022
Mar 2023

Remote, Contract

SandboxAQ is at the forefront of quantum cyber security, leveraging the compound effects of AI and Quantum technologies to solve hard challenges impacting society.

Achievements:

  • Utilised web-components to migrate PHP frontend to React and migrated 20% of original application
  • Successfully executed objectives and developed features through remote collaboration and asynchronous communication
  • Improved UX for an advanced table filtering and search feature

Skills

React

Typescript

PHP

Web Components

Webpack

GraphQL

NextPractice

Sep 2021
Oct 2022

Remote, Australia, Full-time

NextPractice is a franchise model for GP clinics that provide an in house EHR solution. The mission was to provide the best medical clinic experience on the planet.

Achievements:

  • Created headless React components for EHR platform integration, enhancing UX for 10 medical practitioners
  • Integrated Tyro payment systems for EHR platform
  • Directed backend development for scalable health solutions and data migration
  • Optimized webpack configurations, improving build speed by 22 minutes
  • Lead frontend development for headless components library

Skills

React

React-Query

Node.js

Webpack

Headless Components

MySQL

Knex.JS

Typescript

Backbone.js

Marionette

GraphQL

QLD Gov

May 2021
Aug 2022

Brisbane, Australia, Contract

Qld government initiative, Tell Us Once, designed to bring all the services under one roof. Our goal was to create a platform to improve cross department inter-operability.

Achievements:

  • Developed web components for cross-departmental solutions, improving data interoperability
  • Improved platform by squashing bugs
  • Built out a complex form generator

Skills

Javascript

React

Node.js

Webpack

Web Components

Bridj

Jan 2019
Mar 2021

Brisbane, Australia, Full-time

Bridj is a SAAS for public transport. Our mission was to create a smarter transport system where operators could design hybrid bus routes. Operators can design services that would be fixed-route during peak hours and on-demand during off-peak.

Achievements:

  • Implemented dashboards for real-time bus fleet tracking, improving operational efficiency and tracking up to 20 vehicles at a time
  • Established micro-services for real-time communication, enhancing customer support responsiveness and connecting 100s of users
  • Improved vehicle scheduling UX for operators allowing them to complete scheduling jobs 15% faster
  • Implemented interactive maps using google maps API
  • Architected and lead development on web-socketed NodeJS messaging service

Skills

Javascript

React

Vue

Ruby on Rails

Redux

Python

Node.js

Webpack

Google maps API

Web-sockets

Storybook

Figma

Postgres

Sequelize

REST

PROJECTS

In my spare time I like to tinker with things. I have always enjoyed learning new things or figuring out better ways of doing things. Most of these projects are tech based, however there might be some here that aren't because they are just cool and fun!

Green flight towers means they are active being worked on and potentially deployed.
Yellow, deployed but not actively worked on.
Red, abandoned/defunct.

Fleet Byron Bay

Instagram
In 2023, I found a passion for building hollow wooden surfboards. Each surfboard is unique and made with Australian grown Paulownia and Australian red cedar.

Woodcrafting

Surfboard Shaping

Shape3D

Last updated in 2024

Capability Psychology

Live site
A freelance project where I redesigned the entire website for a psychology practice, implementing modern design and content management capabilities.

Gatsby

Contentful

React

JavaScript

CSS

Last updated in 2023

Pixel Frontier

Github
Started playing around with phaser.io with a pixel based open RPG sandbox game.

Typescript

Node.JS

SQL

Postgres

REST

Phaser.io

Pixel art

Last updated in 2022

A simple UI that uses the Up banking api for display purchase data including budgeting.

Typescript

React

Last updated in 2022

This is a personal user and authentication micro-service that I build for any personal apps that I have built.

Typescript

Node.JS

Last updated in 2021

Mockend

Github
A backend as a service for rapidly generating database models with REST and GraphQL endpoints.

Typescript

Node.JS

SQL

Postgres

REST

GraphQL

Last updated in 2019

This site was built with React, NextJS & Tailwind. Everything was achieved with CSS except for the plane which I drew in Inkscape.

If you would like to get in touch, please feel free to reach out on LinkedIn