Tony Morris
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Reliability Engineer | Software Engineer | Functional Programming
Specialist
cv@tmorris.net • 0408711099 •
Brisbane, Australia
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
Programming:
Scala, Haskell, F#, Java, Python, Rust, TypeScript, Bash/Zsh
Observability
& Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, CloudWatch,
Kafka, Pulsar, Spark
CI/CD
Automation: Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, Ansible
Professional Experience
Senior Software Engineer
| 2026—present
Sirius Beta Labs
Implementing
Situated Reasoning tools using Haskell
to enable AI systems to make context-aware decisions,
integrating environmental and textual data to support dynamic
reasoning.
Senior Software Engineer |
2023—2026
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
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.
Earlier Roles
- Senior Software Engineer | NICTA: Federal
government research projects, some spun out into startups.
- Senior Software Engineer | Ephox (Tiny): Built
reliable rich-text editors (TinyMCE) used globally.
- Senior Software Engineer | Eyecon, Paycorp, Workingmouse,
IBM Tivoli: Focused on compliance, reliability, and scalable
enterprise systems.
Key Technical Projects
Kafka
Streaming Reliability: Built resilient pipelines for insurance
data integration, reducing downtime and improving SLA
compliance.
Video
Streaming Infrastructure: Designed Pulsar-based system for
Chatroulette, ensuring low-latency and fault tolerance.
Open
Banking APIs: Delivered ACCC-mandated Consumer Data Rights
system with strong reliability guarantees.
Observability
Dashboards: Implemented monitoring solutions with Spark, Kafka,
and AWS CloudWatch.
Disaster
Recovery Automation: Architected backup and failover strategies
across AWS and Kubernetes clusters.
Public Speaking
Education
2001
Griffith University,
Gold Coast, Australia
2002-2005
Sun Certified Java
Programmer & Developer
Sun Microsystems
2018
Flight Instructor Rating
(Aeroplane)
Civil Aviation Safety
Authority (CASA)
2017
Commercial Pilot Licence
(Aeroplane)
Civil Aviation Safety
Authority (CASA)
References
References available upon
request.