Hi hello 👋 I’m Jesse.
I’m a Technical Leader and Software Engineer based in Melbourne, passionate about building the right thing, and building it right. I believe in psychological safety, evolutionary design, and continuous improvement.
What I Care About
- Team Culture: Psychological safety to explore and, on occasion, get things wrong
- Autonomy: Empowering teams and individuals to make decisions
- CI/CD: Fast, safe delivery of software to production
- Monitoring & Observability: Understanding system behavior in production
- Evolutionary Design: Letting architecture emerge from real needs rather than anticipated ones
- Mentorship: Growing the capability of teammates through coaching and delegation
- Systems Thinking: Identifying and eliminating waste in engineering processes
📚 What’s Here
This is my digital garden—a collection of notes, learnings, and resources I’ve gathered throughout my career as a software engineer.
Core Topics
Good Software Practices My living document of engineering practices, design principles, patterns, and approaches I value. Includes sensible default architecture, design principles, design patterns, and object-oriented design.
System Design Notes on distributed systems, scalability, architecture patterns, data management, and building robust systems at scale.
Testing Testing strategies, philosophies, and practices—from unit tests to integration tests and everything in between.
Delivery Team processes, delivery practices, and organizational patterns for shipping software effectively.
DORA Metrics Understanding and improving software delivery performance through the four key metrics.
Tech Stack Technology-specific notes, tools, and frameworks across different languages and platforms.
Learning Resources, reading lists, and continuous learning practices.
Specialized Topics
- Shipping It - Getting software into production
- Terminal - Command-line tools and workflows
- Computer Setup - Development environment configuration
- How to Consultant - Consulting practices and approaches
- Novel Ideas - Experiments and explorations
📬 About Me
I’ve worked across companies like Thoughtworks, Xero, and Education Horizons (now Tes), leading teams and driving measurable improvements in delivery speed and quality. I’m currently a Senior Engineer at Chargefox, working on the driver experience platform.
Contact:
- Email: contact@jessebellingham.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jesse-bellingham
This site is a work in progress. Content is continuously evolving as I learn and my thinking changes.