Aaron Chilcott is a Principal Software Engineer and security-focused architect with nearly two decades of experience designing scalable cloud-native systems, identity platforms, and DevOps pipelines across startups, enterprises and government. He specialises in OAuth/OIDC, Auth0 automation, IAM at scale and pragmatic architecture that reduces complexity and unplanned work, having supported authentication for millions of users in government-grade environments. As a fractional CTO and consultant he helps startups ship rapidly with robust CI/CD, cost-conscious cloud planning and clear technical documentation, while mentoring teams through agile and security practices. Currently mentoring a stealth startup building real-time WebRTC/AI/blockchain products and leading architecture at x15ventures, he blends hands-on engineering (JS/TS, Python, Kubernetes, GCP/AWS) with strategic planning. Notably, he pairs deep legacy migration experience with modern identity and zero-knowledge proof ideas, making him adept at bridging entrenched systems to future-ready platforms.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Technology - BIT Information Technology, Bachelor of Information Technology - BIT Information Technology at Wintec - Waikato Institute of Technology
Diploma Business computing, Diploma Business computing at Waikato Polytechnic
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