TECHNICAL DATA SHEET
rev 1.0 — 2026
SPECIFICATIONS
- Name
- Nathan Miller
- Location
- Sydney, AU
- Role
- Full Stack Engineering Leader
- Focus
- Backend systems, platform architecture
- Disposition
- AI pragmatist
- Education
- B. Computer Science — Secure Distributed Systems, UOW
SYSTEMS
- Languages
- Go, TypeScript, Node.js, Swift, Kotlin
- Cloud
- GCP (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Spanner), AWS (Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, RDS)
- Infrastructure
- Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions
- Databases
- PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, BigQuery, Spanner
- Frontend
- React, SvelteKit
- Mobile
- Swift (iOS), Kotlin (Android)
SERVICE HISTORY
- 2026
- Freelance — Full stack mobile & backend. Multiple clients.
- 2021–2025
- Woolworths Group — Senior Chapter Lead, Engineering. Designed and built the Real Time Loyalty platform powering Everyday Rewards. 150+ services, Kubernetes, GCP, Terraform. Led migration in Sept 2022 and NZ launch in Feb 2024.
- 2018–2021
- BurstSMS — Engineering Manager. Grew the team building next-gen business messaging. Go backend, React frontend, AWS, PostgreSQL.
- 2016–2018
- ManageFlitter — DevOps & Technical Lead. Architected social media platform. Serverless job system on AWS Lambda/SQS/DynamoDB.
- 2014–2016
- Fancy Support — Founder. Built SaaS customer support tool. Go APIs, React SPA, Swift iOS app.
- 2012–2014
- Shiftly — Co-Founder & CTO. Online roster management. Node.js/Meteor, MongoDB, Go.
- 2011–2014
- AAPT / Connect.com.au — Chief Architect. Built retail cloud services platform. Node.js, Redis, MongoDB, Go.
- 2010–2011
- HEDLOC — Systems Engineer. Google Enterprise deployments across APAC.
- 2006–2009
- Connecting Space — Software Developer. CMS development, client deployments.
- 2005–2006
- Creative Computing — Software Developer. POS systems, Linux support.
OPERATING PARAMETERS
- Availability
- Remote
- Editor
- Neovim
- Preferred I/O
- Terminal, plain text
- Sport
- Adventure Racing
- Status
- Operational
LINKS
- nathan@dstrek.com
- GitHub
- github.com/dstrek
- Site
- dstrek.com