About
Kia Ora! My name is Roseanna and I'm a full stack software engineer with over 8 years of experience. I started out my professional career as an iOS and Web Developer, then shifted to Solutions Engineering, and currently my role is Web Solutions Engineer. I completed my Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering (Hons) at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand). My domain skills include Java, Javascript/Typescript, HTML/CSS, Python, Voice UX, Software Engineering Process and I enjoy public speaking, teaching and creating.
In my free time I enjoy puzzles, dancing, crafting, reading and playing games (RPGs, MMOs, Roguelikes and Stratgy mainly). Chat to me about cryptic crosswords, upcoming video games, YouTube personalities and your pets.
Projects and experience
University of Canterbury
At university I was involved in both the Computing Society (COMPSOC), and the Women in Technology society (now WiTSoc). I tutotored the two 1st year CompSci courses, and 2nd year Algorithms. My Honours thesis was Therapy Personalisation in Software for People With Aphasia in conjunction with the IntelliHealth Research Group. These experiences lead to passions I carry with me: fostering communities, sharing knowledge, explaining and distilling concepts, and creating things to better the world.
Code First Girls
I was a volunteer instructor for Code First Girls via my employer, Google UK, who hosted the course at their Kings Cross Offices. Code First Girls is a provider of free coding courses for women and non-binary people, and the beginner course taught how to create your own website using HTML, CSS, Javascript using GitHub. It was especially rewarding to see the students helping each other, overcoming bugs and obstacles, and being able to present their work to everyone at the end of the course.
Google Assistant (Actions On Google)
As a Technical Solutions Consultant, one of the products I worked on was Google Assistant, specifically the third-party apps - Actions on Google (AoG). Using the APIs, Dialogflow and Google's dashboard, people could create and launch applications for the Google Assistant.
For Google I/O 2018 I designed the architecture and helped build the Google Pay Bakery app to demonstrate the new transactions functionality. Attendees could go to the Assistant Sandbox tent, and use the app to pick a cookie design, and submit the order with a chosen name/alias.
Contact
If you want to get in touch with me, my social media and relevent accounts are linked below.
Job and hiring related questions are best directed to LinkedIn, any other casual enquiries please drop into my DMs on Twitter or via my email (me@[this website]). If something is buggy, out of date, or you encounter any other difficulties with this landing page, please message or comment on GitHub!
