Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Terraform, AWS, Go, Python, Rust, Linux, SRE, CI/CD
Résumé/CV: https://github.com/richchurcher/cv/blob/master/Rich_Churcher_2023_CV.pdf
Email: rich.churcher@gmail.com
Dear climate-tech/green-tech recruiters and engineering leads,
I know you're out there. I can sense you, lurking behind a pile of processed resumes and cradling your reusable coffee cup like a talisman warding against ChatGPT cover letters. You're searching for that unicorn, the 10x engineer motivated by saving the planet who also rocks human skills that would make Brené Brown sit up and take notice.
I... am not that unicorn. More of a walrus, really, with wombat-like characteristics? But I did recently get restructured out of a role in climate-tech before I was done saving the world. I want more. I've got solid technical chops in platform engineering, Linux, AWS, Docker, all that good stuff. I'm an actual human who can talk (and listen) to people while only staring at my shoes approximately 35% of the time.
I work remotely from New Zealand, where green is practically a brand. We have tax treaties so you can pay me from everywhere, and our timezone dovetails nicely with many popular tech hubs including the Western US, Oceania, and Asia.
I make dev teams better. Add me to yours. There's a bit of a problem with CO2 we need to fix.
Remote: Remote only. I've been remote contracting for years, and accustomed to working in distributed teams both locally and in timezones around the world.
Willing to relocate: No. I know when I've got it good!
Technologies: The usual web stuff: Node, React, TypeScript, React Native, GraphQL, Postgres, Docker, Linux, AWS etc. However I cut my teeth on statically-typed compiled languages like C++ when I was younger, and I'm writing Rust on the side. Have worked with Python in the past. Would love the chance to skill up in some system-level work if the opportunity presents itself.
Right now I'm contracting and writing quite a lot of SQL. I'm interested in remote opportunities anywhere in the world, either contract or permanent. If you're worried about the timezone, it actually ties in rather well with the US (I'm just a day in the future, so I can tell you how it all turns out).
I was a PICU nurse before I started writing software for a living. A surprising number of kids also get seriously injured by pulling TV sets/cabinets over onto themselves. Affixing things to walls definitely a good plan.
Also PSA for the holidays: fence pools, use your reversing camera and know where your kids are before backing out of the driveway, and that dishwasher detergent does horrible things to kids (airway/oesophagus) and people tend to keep it down low for some reason.
Just the other day my toddler fell out of a shopping cart. I never paid much attention to the warning signs because I'm always right there pushing the cart, this time though I'd moved a few feet away to wrangle his older sister and he stood up in the cart. I immediately moved back towards him but I was too late. Normally he has great balance but as he reached out to me his weight shifted causing the cart to roll forward and he toppled right out. He landed right on his face in the most horrifying moment of my life. Thankfully he's all right (giant bump and a black eye) but it easily could have been fatal. I'll never leave him unrestrained in a cart again.
Remote: Preferred. The timezone works surprisingly well for remote work on the US West coast (I spent 18 months working for a company in Oakland, CA). I just live in the future so can give you all the /lottery|election|sportsball/ results.
Willing to relocate: The opportunity would have to be remarkable (I do live in Middle Earth, after all).
Technologies: My first programming language was AmigaBASIC, but most of my recent experience is across the JavaScript stack: React, quite a lot of React Native, Express, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis, Heroku, Jest. I'm an Arch Linux daily driver.
Right now I'm belatedly working my way through Advent of Code 2018 in Rust, and writing a Node library for API authentication. Available for hire starting after Jan 14. Let's talk.
Remote: Preferred. The timezone works surprisingly well for remote work on the US West coast (I spent 18 months working for a company in Oakland, CA). I just live in the future so can give you all the /lottery|election|sportsball/ results.
Willing to relocate: The opportunity would have to be remarkable (I do live in Middle Earth, after all).
Technologies: My first programming language was AmigaBASIC, but most of my recent experience is across the JavaScript stack: React, quite a lot of React Native, Express, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis, Heroku, Jest. I'm an Arch Linux daily driver.
Right now I'm belatedly working my way through Advent of Code 2018 in Rust, and writing a Node library for API authentication. Available for hire starting after Jan 14. Let's talk.
Remote: Preferred. The timezone works surprisingly well for remote work on the US West coast (I spent 18 months working for a company in Oakland, CA). I just live in the future so can give you all the /lottery|election|sportsball/ results.
Willing to relocate: The opportunity would have to be remarkable (I do live in Middle Earth, after all).
Technologies: My first programming language was AmigaBASIC, but most of my recent experience is across the JavaScript stack: React, quite a lot of React Native, Express, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis, Heroku, Jest. I'm an Arch Linux daily driver.
G'day. I'm a contract web and mobile developer in New Zealand. The timezone works surprisingly well for remote work on the US West coast (I spent 18 months working for a company in Oakland, CA). I just live in the future so can give you all the /lottery|election|sportsball/ results.
My first programming language was AmigaBASIC, but most of my recent experience is across the JavaScript stack: React, quite a lot of React Native, Express, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis, Heroku, Jest. I'm an Arch Linux daily driver.
Right now I'm teaching React and Node at Enspiral Dev Academy here in Auckland, but I'm available for work in the new year. Let's talk.
I know you're out there. I can sense you, lurking behind a pile of processed resumes and cradling your reusable coffee cup like a talisman warding against ChatGPT cover letters. You're searching for that unicorn, the 10x engineer motivated by saving the planet who also rocks human skills that would make Brené Brown sit up and take notice.
I... am not that unicorn. More of a walrus, really, with wombat-like characteristics? But I did recently get restructured out of a role in climate-tech before I was done saving the world. I want more. I've got solid technical chops in platform engineering, Linux, AWS, Docker, all that good stuff. I'm an actual human who can talk (and listen) to people while only staring at my shoes approximately 35% of the time.
I work remotely from New Zealand, where green is practically a brand. We have tax treaties so you can pay me from everywhere, and our timezone dovetails nicely with many popular tech hubs including the Western US, Oceania, and Asia.
I make dev teams better. Add me to yours. There's a bit of a problem with CO2 we need to fix.
Cheers, Rich.