Macklin Hartley
Macklin Hartley

Macklin Hartley

I work with organisations to turn ideas into resilient software by aligning clear goals with thoughtful architecture, lightweight processes and supportive teams. My focus is on understanding how information flows through a system, weighing trade-offs against the right capabilities and untangling the social and technical constraints that often decide a project’s success.

As generative AI accelerates routine coding, I help teams climb the abstraction ladder, using AI as leverage while we concentrate on problem framing, capability design and continuous learning. I thrive in small, autonomous teams that value outcomes over outputs, and I’m most motivated when solving meaningful problems alongside people I respect and admire.

Email · Github · LinkedIn

Writing

🔬Where Classes in TypeScript Fall Short👨🏼‍💻All the Tools I Used to Build this Website🔐Configuring Access Management in Amazon EKS with IAM Roles for Service Accounts🌴Understanding and Managing the Node.js Application Lifecycle🏎️7 Useful Tools for Tracking Web Performance🌏How to Create AWS Route53 Subdomains with Multiple Accounts

Talks

🗣️Just-in-time Architecture🗣️How Fast is your Website Really?🗣️Everything is a Feature Toggle🗣️Every Good Outage Starts with a Queue🗣️Web Accessibility in Practice

Certification

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate View Certificate

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AWS Certified Developer - Associate View Certificate

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AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate View Certificate

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Terraform Certified Associate View Certificate

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Snowflake Hands On Essentials - Data Warehouse View Certificate

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Certified Kubernetes Application Developer View Certificate

Experience

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WeMoney Principal Engineer (May 2023 - Present)

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VGW Engineering Manager (March 2021 - March 2023) Senior Software Engineer (Jun 2019 - March 2021) Software Engineer (May 2018 - Jun 2019)

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Cash Converters Software Developer (September 2016 - May 2019)

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NEC Software Developer (September 2012 - September 2016)

Volunteering

She Codes Website

In my free time I love mentoring and volunteering my time to helping others grow, volunteering my time with the She Codes Plus program.

DDD Perth Github Repository · Website

Before the 2018 DDD Conference in Perth, I was asked to provide an external accessibility audit of the main conference website. I made several recommendations to improve the inclusiveness of the design.