Stuart Kennedy
Principal Architect at Spark New Zealand
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolStuart Kennedy is a Principal Architect and certified Node.js developer with nine years of software experience who transitioned from a decade of Chinese–English localisation and teaching into full‑stack development. He progressed rapidly from founding a small web services business to leading engineering teams and, by 2024–2025, holding chapter lead and principal roles at Spark New Zealand and previously leading engineering at UbiQuity. Stuart blends TypeScript, Node.js and React expertise with product-minded delivery experience in data, analytics and customer engagement platforms. Fluent in Chinese and seasoned in cross-cultural communication, he brings uncommon strengths in localisation-informed UX and technical documentation. His background as an educator and former army rifleman gives him a pragmatic leadership style focused on clear training, resilient systems and practical solutions.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Psychology, Bachelor of Science Psychology at University of AdelaideChinese Language, Chinese Language at Beijing Language and Culture University
Chinese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (26)
javascript9
typescript9
http8
nodejs8
electron7
typechecker7
mean-stack6
ejs6
react6
expo6
test-project6
nodemailer6
react-hooks6
dts5
editor5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rav2040/worker-pool
Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
Create and manage a pool of workers using Node.js worker threads.
Contributions:2 releases, 7 PRs, 45 pushes in 1 year 7 months
nodejsworker-threadsworker-poolworker-thread
rav2040/json-stringify-lite
Mar 2020 - Sep 2021
Serialize JavaScript objects to JSON strings.
Contributions:3 releases, 6 PRs, 48 pushes in 1 year 6 months
javascript-objectsjson-stringify-litejson-strings
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