Alex's avatar: a pixel bear in glasses

Alex Jiang

Hello, I'm a full-stack web engineer, an indie app & game maker, a pixel art enthusiast, a beef noodle devotee, and a farmer who logs his life

  • Melbourne, Australia

Full-stack web developer with hands-on experience across front-end interfaces, back-end services and cloud deployment. Currently an Application Developer at Online Education Services (OES), working mainly with React, Svelte, Vite, Node.js and AWS. Outside work, building pixel-art indie games.

Experience

  1. Apr 2025 – present

    Application Developer

    Online Education Services (OES)

    • Develops web applications across the front end and back end, using React, Svelte and Vite for the interface.
    • Builds back-end services in Node.js and deploys them on AWS.

  2. Apr 2021 – Jul 2024

    Junior Developer → Developer

    Huon Aquaculture

    • Wrote 56 automation scripts in Node.js, C# and PowerShell, 22 of them deployed through Azure Pipelines.
    • Handled ETL with scripts and SSIS, maintaining 28 SSIS projects and 46 SSAS cubes.
    • Built 25 Power BI reports, along with SSRS reports.
    • Managed Azure SQL databases and Blob Storage, and optimised databases and SQL queries.
    • Nominated for the 2022 TASICT Industry Rising Star award.

  3. Oct 2020 – Jan 2021

    Information Technology Trainee

    Huon Aquaculture

    • Pulled order data from the Shopify API with Node.js and sent customers automatic emails when their orders shipped.
    • Parsed logistics providers' XML files into the database using SQL views and stored procedures.

Interests and goal

Life goal

To use my skills to make a positive impact on the world, helping the people around me and supporting causes that matter.

Interests

  • Coding
  • Movies
  • Music
  • Photography
  • Travel
  • Game development
  • Drawing
Games I have made

Skills

Programming and scripting
  • JavaScript
  • Node.js
  • C#
  • Python
  • PowerShell
Data and reporting
  • SQL Server
  • SSIS
  • SSAS
  • SSRS
  • Power BI
Cloud and automation
  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Azure DevOps
  • Power Apps
  • Power Automate
Web and apps
  • React
  • Svelte
  • Vite
  • Angular
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Expo
  • Docker
Games and art
  • Godot
  • Unity
  • GameMaker
  • LÖVE
  • Blender
  • Aseprite
  • FamiStudio

Education and certificates

  1. Master of Information Technology and Systems

    University of Tasmania2018 – 2019

  2. Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology

    University of Tasmania2014 – 2018

  3. Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

    MicrosoftOct 2024Verify

  4. CS50G: CS50's Introduction to Game Development

    HarvardX (edX)Sep 2022Verify

  5. CS50P: CS50's Introduction to Programming with Python

    HarvardX (edX)Jul 2022Verify