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
Email
nathan@dstrek.com
GitHub
github.com/dstrek
Site
dstrek.com