Andrew Shaw
- call+61 438 277 727
- mailshawry@shawry.com
- languagehttp://www.shawry.com
- location_onCheshunt, Victoria
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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
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
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
Ongoing side project exploring sensor data processing and AI-assisted reasoning, combining software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and experimentation with modern ML tools.