The Foundation
Photoshop comps, sliced layouts, Dreamweaver builds, and early web work. Design and code together from the start, close enough to delivery to learn what lasted.
Robert Andrew
Principal Engineer & Designer
Design. Build.
Ship. Repeat.
Systems, platforms, interfaces. Cut to order.
10Years
15Clients
20Products
MultiDiscipline
Recent Projects
Mentorloop
2025Product + AI Engineering
General product and UI feature work inside Mentorloop's mentoring platform, plus Loopy: a coordinator-facing RAG assistant grounded in platform knowledge.
Australian Defence Force
2025Defence Training Platform
LMS architecture and product design at the centre of a Defence training platform. Search, identity, learning analytics, and competency work running alongside adjacent services.
x-RD
2024Defence Logistics Platform
Defence logistics software shipped alongside a broader team. React and Next.js interfaces, Django process layers, and Zebra labelling sitting inside the operational flow.
My History
Cross-Platform & Scale
Web, mobile, GIS, IoT, wagering, education. Different domains, same pattern: learn the system, simplify the surface, ship the thing.
Platform Engineering
Component systems, multi-tenant platforms, and compliance-heavy products. Infrastructure work that other teams build on and depend on daily.
AI Infrastructure
AI systems shipped: retrieval, agents, memory, orchestration. Defence, enterprise SaaS, and commercial products running alongside client work.
IEarly Career
The Foundation
Photoshop comps, sliced layouts, Dreamweaver builds, and early web work. Design and code together from the start, close enough to delivery to learn what lasted.
IIExpansion
Cross-Platform & Scale
Web, mobile, GIS, IoT, wagering, education. Different domains, same pattern: learn the system, simplify the surface, ship the thing.
IIIArchitecture
Platform Engineering
Component systems, multi-tenant platforms, and compliance-heavy products. Infrastructure work that other teams build on and depend on daily.
IVCurrent
AI Infrastructure
AI systems shipped: retrieval, agents, memory, orchestration. Defence, enterprise SaaS, and commercial products running alongside client work.
Current Research
Research
Project Eucalyptus
Exploring whether eucalyptus waste can support multiple higher-value product lines, including alternatives to imported fuel. Still early, but the interest is in turning one overlooked feedstock into several viable businesses.
Active
Hawk
Commercial AI coding middleware. OpenAI-compatible endpoint for IDEs. Profile learning, context filtering, and budget-aware orchestration. Retired.