Keez Eden

Napier, New Zealand

keezeden@gmail.com

+64275298734

Work Experience

Self-Employed

Remote, NZ

Full Stack Engineer

Jun 2025 - Present

  1. Built InvoiceWatcher, an automatic invoice reconciliation tool for small businesses in Next.js and Firebase — the MVP secured $25k in investment and has since grown into a profitable business.
  2. Delivered two further client MVPs end-to-end: Therapal (a CRM and invoice generator for therapists in Next.js) and Cheasy (an AI-powered recipe app in FlutterFlow), both taken from scoping through to production deployment
  3. Owned the full product lifecycle across all engagements — requirements scoping, architecture, implementation, and deployment — working directly with clients as the sole engineer.

Fabled

Remote, NZ

Frontend Engineer

Dec 2023 - Jun 2025

  1. Sole engineer on a platform enabling non-developers to design, build, and host fully automated tabletop RPG systems online — covering game logic, entity creation, and visual presentation.
  2. Built a Scratch-inspired drag-and-drop logic editor as the rules engine layer, allowing game creators to define mechanical behaviours (equipment effects, stat modifiers, conditionals) without writing code.
  3. Co-designed and implemented a JSON Schema-driven character builder to replace the logic editor's game-system layer — shifting to static post-processing to handle complex rule interdependencies, scaling to 1M+ unique character builds.
  4. Built an entity editor enabling creators to instantiate logic templates into concrete game items (e.g. a single 'sword' logic block powering multiple named variants with different stats).
  5. Built a Squarespace-style visual component editor allowing creators to design fully custom display cards for their entities — giving game designers direct control over presentation without engineering involvement.

Medworld

Remote, NZ

Software Engineer

Sep 2021 - Dec 2023

  1. Led technical evaluation of architecture options for a private social platform for medical professionals — assessing a BaaS solution, open-source template, and greenfield build — presenting findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
  2. Contributed full-stack features to the greenfield platform following the architectural pivot, including core social functionality such as posting and friend connections.
  3. Designed and owned the integration and E2E testing suite, achieving ~80–90% test coverage across ~30–60 test cases and integrating into CI/CD pipelines to catch regressions before release.
  4. Presented technical progress and platform demos at internal all-hands and stakeholder reviews, translating engineering decisions into accessible context for non-technical audiences.

Fingermark

Napier, NZ

Software Engineer

Sep 2019 - Sep 2021

  1. Co-led the consolidation of 5 near-duplicate client repos (Hungry Jack's, KFC, etc.) into a single modular, themeable, and feature-configurable platform — reducing cross-client change time by 50% and enabling instant feature parity across customers via config.
  2. Maintained and supported the internal device management dashboard used to configure kiosk settings and feature flags across the client fleet.
  3. Briefly assumed de facto frontend lead responsibilities following the tech lead's departure, coordinating frontend direction as the most senior frontend engineer on the team.
  4. Provided ongoing support for the legacy Linux/Java kiosk system and implemented foundational E2E testing integrated into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Languages

JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go

Frontend

React, Next.js, Astro, Tailwind CSS, Material UI, shadcn/ui, Storybook, Figma

Backend

Node.js, Express, NestJS

APIs & Communication

REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets, tRPC, OpenAPI/Swagger, Webhooks, JWT

Databases

PostgreSQL, Redis, Supabase, Prisma, Drizzle

Cloud & Infra

AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Workers, Docker, Nginx, Serverless

Testing

Jest, Playwright, Cypress

Tooling

Git, GitHub Actions, Vite, Webpack, ESBuild, Turborepo, ESLint, Prettier, CI/CD

State & Data Fetching

React Query/TanStack Query, SWR, XState, Sentry, New Relic

Integrations

OpenAI API, Stripe, SendGrid, Firebase, Sanity, Contentful

Practices

Agile/Scrum, Microservices, Event-driven Architecture, DDD, Code Review, Pair Programming