Brendan Graetz
About Brendan Graetz
Brendan Graetz is a Developer Relations Engineer currently working at Swirlds Labs. He has extensive experience in software engineering and developer advocacy, having held various roles in Australia, Argentina, and Singapore over the past decade.
Current Role at Swirlds Labs
Brendan Graetz serves as a Developer Relations Engineer at Swirlds Labs since 2023. In this role, he focuses on building relationships between the company and its developer community. His responsibilities include facilitating communication, providing support, and promoting the use of Swirlds' technology in decentralized applications.
Previous Experience in Software Engineering
Brendan Graetz has extensive experience in software engineering, having worked in various roles across multiple companies. He was a Senior Software Engineer at Autopilot from 2017 to 2021 in Sydney, Australia. He also held positions at IOV Labs as a Developer Advocate from 2019 to 2023 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and at Constraint Technologies International as a Software Engineer from 2009 to 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.
Educational Background
Brendan Graetz studied at Raffles Institution, where he completed his GCE A Levels in Computing, Math, Physics, and Economics from 2004 to 2005. He then attended Monash University, earning a Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems from 2008 to 2010, focusing on systems development.
Volunteer and Community Engagement
In addition to his professional roles, Brendan Graetz has been active in community engagement. He volunteered as an instructor at Saturday Kids in Singapore for two months in 2019. He also founded the DApps Dev Club in Singapore, which operated as a tech meetup focused on teaching distributed ledger technology from 2019 to 2020.
Technical Specialization
Brendan Graetz specializes in designing and developing highly scalable back end servers, primarily using NodeJs. He has experience in ensuring code quality for back end server development projects, contributing to the efficiency and reliability of software systems.