Xian Yang Wong
Architect and technical leader
I’m a Melbourne-based architect with more than a decade in digital engineering. I work across enterprise platforms, cloud, integrations and applied AI, staying close to the code when that is the quickest way to settle a decision.
Melbourne, Australia
Selected work
They cover desktop AI, a customer data platform, a public website and cloud infrastructure.
I joined the AI Capabilities team as an individual contributor, working on a desktop app that provides meeting assistance and feedback.
Designed the orchestration architecture for a custom customer data platform and led the technical work. Python workflows ran through Apache Airflow on GCP Cloud Composer.
Led technical delivery across the front end, Java back end and containerised development workflow for Sydney Airport’s public website.
Designed and implemented repeatable Azure infrastructure in Terraform. My own agent-assisted workflow reduced the design and setup work to about 25% of the original estimate.
How I work
Before a team commits, I get the requirements, assumptions and awkward trade-offs into the open. That gives the estimate and design a firmer footing.
I explain why a choice was made and record the parts that matter. I stay available while the team puts it into practice.
I raise security, integration and operational concerns while there is still time to do something sensible about them. The next step and its owner should be clear.
Career
Credera, Omnicom
Lead solution design for enterprise digital, cloud, integration and AI work, from discovery and estimates through implementation planning.
Clemenger BBDO, Omnicom
Managed four direct reports, mentored developers and served as a technical escalation point across web, cloud and integration work.
CHEP Network, Omnicom
Designed and led enterprise web, ecommerce, customer data and integration work while contributing across the stack.
IE Digital
Built digital products for Bupa, Australia Post, Frank Green and the University of Melbourne, from requirements through release.
X Marketing; Charles Elena Design
Designed and built websites, campaign assets and other digital work from client brief through launch.
Capabilities
Solution and platform architecture, technical discovery, estimation and implementation planning. I document assumptions, trade-offs and risks so teams can make informed decisions.
Line management, mentoring, code and architecture review, engineering standards, release planning and technical escalation.
AWS and Azure architecture, Terraform, serverless applications, REST APIs and microservices. Python data orchestration with Apache Airflow and GCP Cloud Composer.
Hands-on with Python, TypeScript, Node.js, Java and Spring Boot, React and PHP. Recent AI work includes RAG, AWS Bedrock, LangChain, LangGraph, LiteLLM and Langflow.
Writing
I write about developer accountability, knowledge formats for enterprise AI and whether the investment stacks up.
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