Open to graduate and junior full-stack roles Brisbane, Australia · 2026

01 / INTRODUCTION

Software that works. Systems that matter.

I’m Jerald Christopher Bucud, a full-stack developer focused on Python, Django, React and PostgreSQL, alongside Java and Spring Boot. I have completed my Master of Information Technology coursework at CQUniversity and am awaiting conferral. I am seeking graduate or junior software-development roles in Australia.

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Graduate Software roles sought
Full-stack Career direction
Python + Django Primary backend stack
Master of IT coursework Completed in 2026 · Awaiting conferral
PYTHON✦DJANGO✦REST APIs✦POSTGRESQL✦REACT✦JAVASCRIPT✦JUNIT✦GIT✦

02 / SELECTED WORK

Thirteen projects across software engineering, AI and cloud systems.

Full-stack applications, neural-network experiments, computer vision and AWS cloud engineering.

FEATURED PROJECT / AI CAPSTONE 01
Collaborative capstone React + Django REST 2026

An AI-powered career-guidance platform that helps students explore career pathways, compare skill gaps, build learning roadmaps, draft application documents and prepare for interviews.

My implementation

Career and readiness scoring, major React student workflows, shared AI contracts and OpenAI integration, interview backend APIs, document-builder interfaces, testing and system integration.

Team contributions

Teammates implemented key authentication and document-generation backends, administration interfaces and the original interview UI. The detailed case study links the actual pull requests.

  • Python
  • Django REST
  • React
  • PostgreSQL
  • OpenAI

Collaborative CQUniversity capstone. Attribution follows implementation PRs, including original teammate code subsequently integrated or extended.

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GradNavi interface / Career recommendationsDemo UI
GradNavi student Career Recommendations screen, showing a ranked software engineering match, readiness and AI explanation
Actual GradNavi demo interface. Scores shown are demonstration data, not product-performance results.
FEATURED SYSTEM 02
Pro bono client project Private repository Functional Version 1

Godscent Drive POS

A point-of-sale, inventory and event operations system designed for a small business operating across warehouse and temporary market locations. It connects sales, stock movements, event inventory, payments, corrections, reporting and administration in one internal workspace.

Problem

Maintain reliable sales and inventory records across permanent and temporary locations, including markets where connectivity may be inconsistent.

Approach

A React interface connects to Spring Boot REST services and PostgreSQL. Offline storage and synchronisation are planned as a later implementation phase for market use.

  • Java 21
  • Spring Boot
  • React
  • PostgreSQL
  • JWT
  • Flyway
  • JUnit

Selected frontend screens are presented with the owners’ permission. Source code, backend implementation, business rules and operational data remain private.

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Responsive POS interface Tablet / portrait
Godscent Drive POS interface adapted for a tablet portrait screen
Sales, inventory and event operations in a responsive tablet workspace.

MORE PROJECTS

Software, AI and cloud systems

03
Personal project · Browser-based tool

QR Studio

A free static QR code generator for links, Wi-Fi, contact details, messages, locations and calendar events. Customise colours, dot patterns, corners and a centre logo, preview changes live and export PNG or SVG. QR content and uploaded logos are processed in the browser.

Create, customise and export Live preview · PNG and SVG downloads
  • React
  • JavaScript
  • Vite
  • CSS
  • qr-code-styling
  • Cloudflare Pages
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04
Applied AI case study

YOLOv11 Mango Detection

A documented computer-vision workflow that fine-tunes YOLOv11-n for mango detection, compares controlled experiments, selects the final checkpoint using validation evidence and reports performance on a held-out test set.

Held-out test · 86 images 0.989 [email protected] · 0.704 [email protected]:0.95
  • Python
  • YOLOv11
  • Ultralytics
  • PyTorch
  • OpenCV
  • Google Colab
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05
Software engineering case study

CrisisOps

A JavaFX disaster-response system that began as my individual software-engineering project and was later expanded collaboratively into a MySQL-backed client-server application with role-specific workflows, public alerts, shelters and administration.

Project evolution Individual foundation · Collaborative expansion
  • Java 17
  • JavaFX
  • FXML
  • MySQL
  • JDBC
  • DAO
  • JUnit
  • Sockets
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06
Enterprise Java case study

SmartTech E-Business System

A collaborative three-tier Jakarta EE operations system for authenticated account access, customer records, tablet and smartwatch inventory, and stock-aware order processing. My primary contribution focused on the Jakarta Faces presentation layer, authentication integration and interface redesign.

Architecture Jakarta Faces · EJB · JPA · MySQL
  • Java 11
  • Jakarta EE 10
  • JSF
  • EJB
  • JPA
  • MySQL
  • GlassFish
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07
Open-source developer tooling

CodingSensei

A local-first VS Code extension for project-aware learning and deterministic code intelligence. Version 0.4.0 includes persistent project indexing and framework detection; full Assist and Project Chat capabilities remain in development.

Current releasev0.4.0 · Persistent project intelligence
  • TypeScript
  • VS Code API
  • Node.js
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Java
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08
Neural-network NLP

BBC News Classification

Compared TF-IDF and Word2Vec representations with multilayer perceptrons on a five-category BBC News dataset. The TF-IDF model achieved 97.18% accuracy on 426 held-out test articles.

Held-out test accuracy97.18% · TF-IDF + MLP
  • Python
  • scikit-learn
  • NLTK
  • Word2Vec
  • MLP
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09
Deep neural networks & analysis

Neural Network Analysis

Coursework combining dense neural-network regression for housing prices, olive-oil classification, PCA and K-means. Included systematic architecture experiments and recorded evaluation results.

Recorded olive-oil classification99.2% accuracy · 125 samples
  • Python
  • TensorFlow
  • Keras
  • PCA
  • K-means
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10
Computer vision / deep learning

CNN Age & Gender Estimation

Built and evaluated convolutional models using the UTKFace dataset, comparing original and augmented training. The augmented model recorded 6.871-year validation age MAE.

Validation age MAE6.871 years · Augmented CNN
  • Python
  • TensorFlow
  • Keras
  • CNN
  • UTKFace
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11
Time-series deep learning

LSTM Mining Stock Forecasts

Compared 5-day and 10-day lookbacks for Australian mining share prices across 36 LSTM tuning runs, evaluating recursive 50-day forecasts against a last-price baseline.

Experimental evaluationLSTM beat baseline for 2 of 3 stocks
  • Python
  • TensorFlow
  • LSTM
  • Time Series
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12
Collaborative cloud computing

AWS IoT Temperature Monitoring

Group AWS monitoring project featuring Python simulated sensor readings sent securely through AWS IoT Core. My documented work covered IoT ingestion and testing; Lambda, DynamoDB, SNS and CloudWatch formed the wider group design.

Documented personal contributionPython MQTT simulator · AWS IoT Core
  • Python
  • AWS IoT Core
  • MQTT
  • AWS Lambda
  • DynamoDB
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13
Exploratory data analysis

Brisbane House Price Analysis

Analysed 110 property records across five Brisbane suburbs, generated price-distribution and suburb-demand charts, and exported reproducible descriptive statistics.

Data analysis110 properties · 4 visualisations
  • Python
  • pandas
  • NumPy
  • Matplotlib
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03 / PROFILE

Practical software development built on technical experience.

I have completed my Master of Information Technology coursework at CQUniversity, majoring in Software Design and Development with a minor in Artificial Intelligence. Degree conferral is pending.

Before moving into software development, I completed a Bachelor of Science in Aircraft Maintenance Technology and worked in IT support and digital services. That background strengthened my troubleshooting, documentation and attention to reliability—skills I now apply to Python/Django and Java/Spring full-stack projects.

I now apply that background to full-stack projects involving REST APIs, relational databases, authentication, reporting and responsive interfaces. My current focus is Python, Django REST Framework, React and PostgreSQL, supported by experience with Java, Spring Boot and computer vision.

Based in Brisbane, Queensland
Target roles Graduate or Junior Full-stack Developer
Primary focus Python/Django Full-stack Development
Primary stack Python · Django · React · PostgreSQL
Additional experience Java · Spring Boot · Computer Vision
Education Coursework completed — awaiting conferral

04 / EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

Technical experience and postgraduate IT study.

IT support, web projects and formal study provide the foundation for my move into software development.

2011–15

Undergraduate degree

BSc Aircraft Maintenance Technology · Flight School International

Developed disciplined approaches to inspection, fault diagnosis, technical documentation and safety-conscious decision-making.

2019–25

Professional experience

IT Specialist · ONB Enterprises

Provided technical support, troubleshooting and systems assistance while helping maintain reliable day-to-day digital operations and communicating technical information to users.

2020–25

Digital services and web projects

JCYB Digital Agency

Developed websites and digital products for small-business and personal projects, with a focus on requirements, usability and delivery for real users.

2025–26

Postgraduate coursework completed

Master of Information Technology · CQUniversity

Completed Master of Information Technology coursework in 2026, with a Software Design and Development major and Artificial Intelligence minor. Cumulative GPA: 6.438/7. Degree conferral pending.

05 / TECHNICAL SKILLS

Full-stack development with Python, Django and React.

Backend, frontend, delivery and AI integration tools used across personal, client and academic projects.

21 technologies and tools used across my projects. Primary stack at the centre; supporting tools on the rings.
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Backend Development

Python · Django · Django REST Framework · PostgreSQL · Java · Spring Boot · REST APIs

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Frontend Development

React · TypeScript · JavaScript · HTML · CSS

03

Engineering & Delivery

Git · GitHub Actions · Vite · Maven · JUnit · Playwright · Cloudflare Pages

04

AI & Cloud Integration

OpenAI API · RAG · Cloudflare Workers · D1 · Vectorize

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EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Formal education and professional development

I have completed my Master of Information Technology coursework and am awaiting conferral, supported by a Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate in Information Technology with Distinction. My earlier aircraft-maintenance degree adds a practical foundation in troubleshooting, documentation and reliability.

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07 / CONTACT

Let’s build useful software.

I am seeking graduate and junior full-stack development opportunities in Australia. For roles, project discussions or professional enquiries, contact me by email or LinkedIn.

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Location Brisbane, Queensland AU