Summary
Jessica Swain is a Senior Software Engineer based in Melbourne with 10 years’ experience designing and delivering cloud-first web and data systems for government and private clients. She blends a strong backend focus (Django, Postgres, AWS/Azure) with front-end skills in React and Vue, and has led teams building mission-critical geospatial, meter-data and flood-visualisation platforms. Jessica excels at translating complex regulatory and infrastructure requirements into maintainable APIs and user-friendly interfaces while owning security, CI/CD and stakeholder integration. She also mentors and manages multi-disciplinary teams, and has a track record of improving developer tooling and accessibility for public-facing projects. Notably, she transitioned from an earlier career in mechanical engineering and field inspections to create software that directly supports infrastructure decision-making, bringing practical domain knowledge to technical architecture.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (Physics) and Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science (Physics) and Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), Science and Engineering at The University of Western Australia
Diploma of Software Development, Computer Programming, Diploma of Software Development, Computer Programming at North Metropolitan TAFE
English