Summary

Senior software engineer and SRE specialising in functional programming, with extensive experience in building high-assurance, scalable distributed systems and leading engineering teams across cloud and on-prem environments. Expert in applying Scala, Haskell, F#, and other functional languages to production-critical systems with strong correctness and reliability guarantees.

Technical Skills

• Scala, Haskell, F#, Java, Python, Rust, TypeScript, Bash/Zsh

• Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, CloudWatch, Kafka, Pulsar, Spark

• Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, Ansible

Professional Experience

Senior Software Engineer | 2023—present

QANTAS Airways Ltd

• Maintaining and scaling backend systems for QANTAS Hotels and Holidays.

• Improved reliability of booking pipelines and integrated monitoring for critical services, reducing incident volume by 80%.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure SLA compliance and customer experience resilience.

Senior Software Engineer | 2022—2023

Boozebud

• Enhanced online retail systems using Scala, focusing on reliability and performance.

• Introduced observability improvements with Kafka-based monitoring dashboards.

Principal Software Consultant | 2020—2022

Simple Machines

• Delivered SRE-focused outcomes for diverse clients:

  • Chatroulette: Built video streaming infrastructure with Apache Pulsar, ensuring low-latency reliability.

  • IAG Insurance: Designed Kafka pipelines for real-time data integration, improving resilience of critical systems.

• Automated container orchestration with Kubernetes/Docker and scaled Spark pipelines for large datasets.

• Architected AWS solutions (S3, EC2, Redshift) with disaster recovery and cost optimisation strategies.

Course Coordinator, Lecturer | 2020—2021

School of ITEE, University of Queensland

Course Coordinator, Lecturer and Tutor for COMP3400 Functional & Logic Programming. Semester 1, 2020.

Functional Programming Team Leader | 2015—2020

Queensland FP Lab, Data61, CSIRO

• Led a team of 10 engineers delivering high-assurance systems for government and industry.

• Consumer Data Rights (ACCC): Designed open banking APIs with reliability and compliance guarantees.

• Developed open-source libraries (e.g. hpython) with strong correctness and maintainability focus.

• Delivered training programs on functional programming and reliability engineering.

Professional Experience (aviation)

Senior RA Flight Instructor | 2024—present

Gold Coast Sports Flying Training

Providing ground and in-flight instruction to ab initio students in single-engine, 3-axis aeroplanes. Based at Jacobs Well Heckfield Airport, Brisbane.

Senior RA Flight Instructor & Grade 3 Flight Instructor | 2019—2025

Flightscope Aviation

Providing ground and in-flight instruction to ab initio students in single-engine, 3-axis aeroplanes. Based at Archerfield Airport, Brisbane.

A detailed Aviation CV can be found here: https://aviation.cv.tmorris.net/

Earlier Roles

• Federal government research projects, some spun out into startups.

• Built reliable rich-text editors (TinyMCE) used globally.

• Focused on compliance, reliability, and scalable enterprise systems.

Key Technical Projects

• Built resilient pipelines for insurance data integration, reducing downtime and improving SLA compliance.

• Designed Pulsar-based system for Chatroulette, ensuring low-latency and fault tolerance.

• Delivered ACCC-mandated Consumer Data Rights system with strong reliability guarantees.

• Implemented monitoring solutions with Spark, Kafka, and AWS CloudWatch.

• Architected backup and failover strategies across AWS and Kubernetes clusters.

Public Speaking

Slides & videos for public speaking on Functional Programming can be found here:
https://www.systemf.com.au/resources/presentations/fp-presentations/

Education

2001

Bachelor of Information Technology

Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

2002-2005

Sun Certified Java Programming & Developer

Sun Microsystems

2017

Commercial Pilot Licence (Aeroplane)

Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)

References

References available upon request.