evolu.tion.nz

[ Kia ora! ]

I build things,
connect people &
untangle problems.

My name is Jared Whittington. I am a technical leader and hands-on builder based in Aotearoa. My career has moved through software engineering, architecture, team leadership, product thinking and community technology. I'm happiest when the problem is real, slightly messy, and worth solving.

See what I've built ↓ Email Jared ↗
[ Selected work ]

Don't take my word for it.
Take a peak for yourself.

These are live projects, not portfolio mock-ups. Open them, click around, break things gently.

01
CollectiVE

Multi-tenant community infrastructure for discussion, decisions, participation and member engagement. It grew out of technology I built for my own community after severe flooding.

collecti.ve.net.nz ↗
collecti.ve.net.nz
Open CollectiVE ↗
letsmakemusic.nz
Open Let's Make Music ↗

02
Let's Make Music

A browser-based DAW with synthesis, sequencing, automation, effects, MIDI, publishing and a mobile experience that has no business being as capable as it is.

letsmakemusic.nz ↗

community recovery / civic technology

03
Waitārere Rise

The place where CollectiVE and community technology stopped being theoretical for me. Built around a real neighbourhood, real people and the practical work of recovering together.

waitarererise.org.nz ↗
waitarererise.org.nz
Open Waitārere Rise ↗
groo.ve.net.nz
Open GrooveNet ↗

04
GrooveNet

A home for New Zealand music makers: community, collaboration, events and an increasingly connected ecosystem with Let's Make Music.

groo.ve.net.nz ↗

[ How I work ]

Technical enough to build it.
Human enough to know why.

I've spent most of my career between disciplines rather than neatly inside one.

I write code, review architecture, mentor engineers, interrogate requirements, talk to stakeholders, design interfaces, work through delivery risk and prototype ideas quickly enough to find out whether they deserve to exist.

I like teams with low ego and high standards. I like products with users I can understand. I like technology most when it disappears into something genuinely useful.

01Engineering leadershiparchitecture · mentoring · quality · direction
02Product & deliveryscope · trade-offs · sequencing · momentum
03Applied AIagents · RAG · workflow automation · model-backed systems
04Hands-on softwareTypeScript · Angular · Node · AWS · GraphQL
05Translationusers ↔ business ↔ engineering ↔ vendors

[ Career ]

A long thread,
not a collection of keywords.

  1. Palmerston North · Aotearoa
    Massey University

    SharePoint development, UX standards, accessibility and internal systems.

  2. Palmerston North · Aotearoa
    Docuvera

    Senior Software Engineer → Agile Architect. Building an international Life Sciences SaaS platform.

  3. Palmerston North · Aotearoa
    Docuvera

    Technical Lead → Senior Technical Lead. Architecture, delivery, recruitment, coaching, vendors and hands-on engineering.

  4. Palmerston North · Aotearoa
    CollectiVE + independent products

    Founder, builder and product owner across community software, identity, music technology and applied AI.

[ What next? ]

If there's a difficult thing
worth making better, I'm here for it.

Remote across Aotearoa. Permanent, fixed-term or properly priced contract work. Engineering is welcome; interesting adjacent problems are too.

Say hello ↗