PERSONNEL FILE
Lynard Salingujay
Language-agnostic engineer with a decade-plus in enterprise systems — I learn whatever stack the problem needs, from Java to TypeScript to AI and automation.
Designation
Software Engineer
Location
Christchurch, New Zealand
Status
ACTIVEAdaptability
Cross-Stack Engineer
EXHIBIT A
Background
I'm a software engineer with over 14 years of experience across banking, financial services, and utilities — including roles at IBM, Standard Chartered Bank, OCBC Bank, Rakuten Trade, and Gentrack. At Gentrack I implemented platform requirements for major New Zealand utility clients including Genesis and Mercury.
I moved to New Zealand in 2019 and completed a Master of Information Technology at the Eastern Institute of Technology. These days I'm rebuilding my stack for modern web development — this site itself is part of that process.
EXHIBIT B
Skills Assessment
- Python
- Java
- SQL
- PostgreSQL
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Angular
- Swift
- iOS
- Rust
- Go
- AI / LLM tooling
- RAG pipelines
- Git
- Vim / Neovim
- Claude Code
- iTerm2
EXHIBIT C
Case Files
Shipped work and active investigations, filed as they close.
This Portfolio
This site — repo name project-casefiles — built to showcase my work and track what I'm currently learning. A dossier/case-file themed UI, statically typed end to end, deployed on Vercel.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- React
SkyGuyver
An AI automation platform, primarily built as a vehicle for learning n8n workflows and applied AI/LLM concepts.
- n8n
- AI/LLM
- Automation
Shellingford
A native iPhone app for recording a daily voice journal in English. Recordings are consolidated by day and sent to an n8n workflow (hosted on Fly.io) that transcribes them, cleans up the grammar, tags each entry, and files a Markdown note into an Obsidian vault via a home server.
- Swift
- iOS
- n8n
- AI/LLM
- Python
Voice Journal Assistant
A voice assistant built over an Obsidian daily journal using a RAG pipeline — covering embeddings, retrieval, and voice interfaces.
- RAG
- AI/LLM
- Voice
Project Task Flow
A task manager app split into a Java Spring backend and an Angular frontend — my current learning project for modern Java Spring and Angular, built as a clean-slate exercise rather than a rework of prior projects.
- Java
- Spring
- Angular
- TypeScript
EXHIBIT D
Service Record
March 2022 - April 2026
Software Engineer — Gentrack Ltd
Implemented platform requirements for major NZ utility clients (Genesis, Mercury) on Gentrack's proprietary utility platform.
January 2017 - May 2019
Senior Java Developer — Rakuten Trade Sdn. Bhd.
Backend services on an online equity trading platform, split between Java and Python (Odoo ERP configuration and scripting). Mentored junior developers and set up local dev environments with Docker, Vagrant, and Ansible.
May 2016 - February 2017
IT Specialist — OCBC Bank
Maintained a correspondence management system running daily batches of customer letters, plus production support and incident management for banking systems.
November 2014 - March 2016
Support Analyst — Standard Chartered Bank
Oracle CRM support and incident management for banking operations, including on-call support.
May 2011 - September 2014
IT Specialist — IBM Philippines Inc.
Front-end team on IBM Product Configurator (IPC), an internal enterprise application — built with Java, JSF, Dojo, and JavaScript. My first hands-on frontend work, well before TypeScript and Angular existed in their current form.
May 2007 - December 2010
Development Software Engineer — NCR Inc.
Java developer on a team modernising legacy point-of-sale systems into Java-based applications, covering design, development, and testing.
EXHIBIT E
Contact
Open to software engineering roles. Direct inquiries below.