Andrew Shaw

Senior Software Engineer (SaaS / Ruby on Rails)

Senior Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience building and scaling SaaS products, specialising in Ruby on Rails and modern JavaScript (TypeScript/React). Proven track record delivering high-quality features in regulated environments including healthcare and financial services. Strong collaborator with product, design, and engineering teams, combining solid software engineering fundamentals with cloud-native development and CI/CD practices on AWS.


Experience

Lead Software Consultant

Healthcare Technology Startup | Jan 2025 - Present | Remote
  • Led development of a healthcare application serving both provider-facing clinical workflows and patient-facing mobile experiences
  • Designed and implemented core backend services in Rust to support high-performance, secure data processing and device communication
  • Built Android applications and JavaScript-based web interfaces for clinicians and patients, focusing on usability and reliability
  • Integrated custom healthcare hardware devices into the software platform, including real-time data ingestion and monitoring
  • Collaborated closely with clinical stakeholders, designers, and engineers to deliver compliant, production-ready features
  • Established development standards, code review practices, and deployment workflows to support a growing engineering team

Software Engineer

CultureAmp | Sep 2022 - Dec 2022 | Remote
  • Contributed to Ruby on Rails application development supporting feature delivery for a large-scale SaaS platform
  • Improved platform reliability and deployment processes using AWS and infrastructure-as-code
  • Worked closely with product and engineering teams to deliver changes safely in a high-availability environment

Senior Software Engineer (Reliability & Platform)

Latitude Financial | Sep 2020 - Aug 2022 | Remote
  • Supported multiple product teams by improving reliability and scalability of customer-facing systems
  • Built and maintained AWS-based infrastructure using Terraform and Docker
  • Implemented monitoring and alerting to support stable feature delivery in a regulated financial services environment

Software Engineer

CarNextDoor | May 2018 - Aug 2020 | Remote
  • Developed and maintained Ruby on Rails applications supporting a consumer-facing car-sharing SaaS platform
  • Collaborated with mobile and frontend teams to deliver end-to-end product features
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines and automated testing to improve deployment confidence and development velocity
  • Supported AWS infrastructure underpinning a rapidly scaling platform

Senior Software Engineer / DevOps Consultant

Cevo Australia | Sep 2015 - Apr 2018 | Melbourne

Delivered software engineering and DevOps consulting across startups, enterprise, and government clients, with a strong focus on Ruby on Rails SaaS platforms, cloud migration, and development best practices.

  • Led and mentored teams building Rails-based SaaS applications
  • Designed CI/CD pipelines and cloud architectures on AWS
  • Worked in regulated domains including healthcare and education

Software Engineer

Thoughtworks | Jul 2012 - Aug 2015 | Melbourne

Software Engineer delivering Ruby on Rails applications for healthcare, government, and enterprise clients within cross-functional agile teams.

  • Developed cloud-based medical and government systems using Ruby on Rails
  • Collaborated closely with designers, product managers, and stakeholders
  • Worked in compliance-heavy environments with high reliability needs

Projects

Spatial AI Platform

2023 - Present

Ongoing side project exploring sensor data processing and AI-assisted reasoning, combining software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and experimentation with modern ML tools.