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Live receipt extraction for Australian sole traders and tradies: dump phone photos or PDF folders, get vendor, date, GST, total, category, and ABN. Credit packs, not a subscription — review and export when the batch settles.
Melbourne · NAB · Meltek
Tony
Melek
Platform-scale React and TypeScript — host-shell integration, GraphQL BFFs, and products that ship.
About
Building systems people can run with
At NAB I’ve led modular frontend architecture, GraphQL BFFs, and digital banking modernisation — including a proof-of-value integrating TanStack apps into a React-based host shell, with auth scoped per module for least privilege.
Outside the bank I run Meltek: high-standard static sites, Meltek Bookkeeper (live receipt extraction for Australian tradies), and a Coptic language platform with live tools and published npm packages. Same bar — schemas, security, and ship.
- React
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- TanStack
- GraphQL / BFF
- Vue 3
- Vite
- Firebase
- AWS
- PostgreSQL
- Handlebars
- CI/CD
Selected work
What I’m shipping now
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TypeScript monorepo for Coptic Unicode conversion, pronunciation (EN/AR), dictionary search, and on-screen keyboard — plus published npm packages for calendar readings and bilingual scripture.
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Clinic site with a real publish pipeline: Vue admin edits content → Firebase Auth & Cloud Functions → Handlebars renders static HTML. Multi-role RBAC, SEO, and self-serve updates for the customer.
Experience
Where the craft gets tested
Jul 2022 – Present
Senior Analyst Engineer
National Australia Bank
- Selected into a small proof-of-value cohort alongside principal engineers on a digital banking modernisation program — assessing pod topology, monorepo strategy, and TanStack versus React for frontend delivery.
- Led integration of TanStack applications into an internal platform shell that natively hosts React miniapps, including SSR consumed as React inside the host, using AI-assisted tooling to accelerate exploration without giving up design ownership.
- Drove TanStack auth/session: kept existing tokens/strategy; cookie-writing server must match internal vs external origin (frontend-only miniapps did not) — aligned Solution Architect on that routing; per-module OAuth scopes for least privilege.
- Designed a modular React architecture with multiple independent entry points — parallel delivery across 3 squads with minimal merge conflict.
Jul 2021 – Jun 2022
Analyst Engineer
National Australia Bank
- Built a GraphQL BFF to tighten data fetching and cut unnecessary network calls.
- Led early architecture and delivery for the Pay-to-Agreements miniapp.
- Shipped accessible React + TypeScript UI and full-stack features across React, Node, and GraphQL.
Contact
Let’s talk about the next build
Open to Senior Full Stack / Tech Lead roles on React, TypeScript, and Node — and selective Meltek client work.