Finley Ghosh
+61 428 802 626|finley@finleyghosh.com
Summary
Product-focused Full-Stack Engineer passionate about owning software end-to-end, collaborating closely with stakeholders, and iteratively improving products to create meaningful user impact.
Experience
Macquarie Group
Jun 2022 - PresentExecutive (formerly Senior Associate)
- Modernised a trading system with Next.js frontend and JWT-secured Java APIs, allowing the introduction of more sophisticated workflows to reduce manual work by >2 hours each week.
- Spearheaded a SingleSPA platform onboarding 15+ applications across four countries, making it possible for teams to spin up secure full-stack apps in hours instead of weeks.
- Owned end-to-end delivery of a React/TypeScript + Go market data platform, partnering with quant analysts to understand user needs and iteratively improve the product, then promoting its use across the team.
- Took on Product Owner responsibilities for fixed income and currency systems, balancing urgent business needs with long-term roadmaps and driving measurable workflow improvements.
- Designed a fully dockerised React + Python reporting suite for portfolio managers, standardising 30+ recurring queries and improving decision-making speed through interactive tables and visualised insights.
- Implemented automated testing using JUnit, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring, improving release reliability and iteration velocity.
Payreq
Feb 2021 - Jun 2022Software Engineer
- Directed end-to-end development of a loan provisioning platform, translating stakeholder requirements into an MVP that automated credit reviews, contract generation, and repayments.
- Built an internationalised React + PostgreSQL app automating repetitive support tasks, reducing task time by 20% to save support engineers significant time each week and improving overall workflow efficiency.
- Championed testing, reusable tooling, and code-review practices, increasing developer velocity and reducing production defects.
Additional Experience
SpringUp Software
Feb 2023 - PresentCo-Founder & Engineer
- Co-founded a boutique software company delivering custom apps for large clients, taking full ownership of product vision and technical execution.
- Extended an existing CRM with Go + HTMX, rapidly prototyping and shipping major quality of life fixes.
- Managed live deployments and maintained >99.9% uptime while keeping infrastructure costs low through VPS-based deployments.
- Experimented with AI prototypes for scraping and analysing ski rental pricing data, turning insights into potential product features.
- Collaborated in a partnership balancing technical trade-offs with product priorities to iteratively deliver value.
Skills
Frontend: React, TypeScript / Javascript, Next.js, HTMX
Backend: Go, Python, Java, Node.js
Databases: PostgreSQL, SQL Server, SQLite, Redshift
Cloud & Infra: AWS, GCP, Docker, CI/CD, IaC, Splunk
Practices: OAuth2/JWT auth, Automated testing & CI/CD, Domain-driven design, REST API design
Education
University of New South Wales
Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)