Career Snapshot

Previous Work Experience

Four roles where I shipped products end-to-end, improved team velocity, and built systems that lasted.

Senior Software Engineer

Go Places

Aug 2025 — Current

Built an internal booking platform from scratch for the Live Shopping team, replacing brittle forms and a manual ClickUp calendar workflow.

Shipped in 6 months and now used by 200+ internal staff, external presenters, and producers.

DenoAWS SNS/SQS/ECSNeo4jNext.js

Senior Software Engineer

Kanexa

Oct 2023 — Aug 2025

Helped build a fintech platform from zero, shaping frontend architecture and delivering full-stack features across document flows and payment automation.

Led frontend direction, mentored backend-leaning engineers, and accelerated delivery with reusable web components.

ReactNode.jsTypeScriptWeb Components

Freelance Software Engineer

Self-employed

Jun 2022 — Sep 2023

Delivered product work for startup clients, including legal-tech and Web3 teams, with a focus on practical integrations and fast MVP execution.

Built a DocuSign integration that helped one client land its first 10 customers.

Next.jsIntegrationsProduct MVPs

Software Engineer

Xero

Jul 2021 — Jun 2022

Worked on Business Snapshot in the Insights and Reporting team, shipping dashboard features that made key financial metrics easier to explore.

Delivered features end-to-end, mentored junior engineers, and regularly presented team progress.

ReactReduxXUI

Case Studies

Selected Work

A few projects that show how I approach product delivery, from early MVPs through to scalable production systems.

geobuff.io

Geography Quiz Platform

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Built a multilingual geography quiz product spanning web and mobile, with a strong focus on gameplay quality and scalable content delivery.

Reached 30,000+ quiz plays, 250+ users, 250+ iOS downloads, and received a Phase One incubator invitation.

Next.jsGoPostgreSQLTerraformAWS ECS/RDS/EventBridge
GeoBuff

Designed and developed the web presence for Rational Nomads with a focus on clear messaging, performance, and maintainable frontend foundations.

Shipped a polished client-facing experience that strengthened the collective's credibility and sales conversations.

Next.jsTypeScriptChakra UIVercel
Rational Nomads

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Get in touch at ashleymidgley@gmail.com.

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