Ashley Thompson, rendered as a dot-matrix dither
NAME

Ashley
Thompson

ROLEFRONTEND ENGINEER
LOCMELBOURNE AU
ABOUT

Hey. I'm Ash

ORG
Myer
PERIOD
Since 2022
FOCUS
React · Next.js

I came into engineering through a full-stack bootcamp and a Business Information Systems degree. That combination shaped how I work — I start from what a change is meant to achieve, not what it gets built with.

For the past four years I've been a frontend engineer on one of Australia's largest e-commerce platforms, mostly in React and TypeScript. I've shipped features across legacy and modern architectures, and the experimentation work taught me to pay attention to what success actually looks like once something's live. That business background means I'm thinking about outcomes while I'm writing the code — not just whether it works, but whether it mattered.

Technologies

My Digital Arsenal

Tools and technologies I've worked with throughout my journey as a developer. I'm adding new tools to my belt every day!

React
TypeScript
EmotionCSS
SCSS
Tailwind
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
GraphQL
NGINX
Docker
NodeJS
Prisma
NextJS

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Timeline

The Journey So Far...

Here's a brief overview of my professional and educational journey through the years.

  1. 01工作WORK

    MYER

    ACTIVE
    ROLE
    Frontend Engineer
    PERIOD
    2022 - Current
    LOC
    Melbourne, Australia

    Frontend engineer on one of Australia's largest e-commerce platforms, shipping customer-facing features across legacy and micro-frontend architectures. Led the Minibag pre-checkout experience — $50,000 in additional revenue within 4.5 days of launch — and migrated search recommendations to a headless Dynamic Yield integration, setting the pattern the team now uses for all future DY-driven features.

    Primary Dynamic Yield subject matter expert across teams — built a custom development tool adopted by the wider team, shipped 20+ experiments, and led the integration of retail media advertising (Mirakl), introducing a new revenue stream for the business.

  2. 02學習STUDY

    CoderAcademy Fullstack Bootcamp

    ROLE
    Student
    PERIOD
    2021 - 2022
    LOC
    Melbourne, Australia
    Intensive 10-month full-stack bootcamp. Built practical proficiency in React, Node.js, and end-to-end application delivery through project-based learning
  3. 03工作WORK

    Overwatch: Semi-Pro Player

    ROLE
    Player & Coach (Fluro)
    PERIOD
    2018 - 2020
    LOC
    Home Sweet Home

    Competed and coached semi-professionally in the Australian Overwatch scene under the tag Fluro, including a run at IEM Sydney 2019. Led roster decisions, VOD reviews, and in-game shot-calling. Developed strong communication under pressure, strategic thinking, and the ability to get a group to execute as a unit.

    It's a different kind of engineering problem: real-time systems thinking with human components that don't always follow the spec. The discipline carried forward — structured feedback, fast iteration, and staying composed at 2-2 in a best of 5 series.

    Career History
  4. 04學習STUDY

    Swinburne University

    ROLE
    Bachelor of Business (Information Systems)
    PERIOD
    2014 - 2017
    LOC
    Hawthorn, Australia
    Studied database design, data visualisation, project management, and business analysis. Built foundational skills in SQL and translating business requirements into technical solutions.