Simon Quick
Product-focused lead software engineer · Applied AI/RAG · Full-stack delivery
hi@siquick.com · Resume · LinkedIn
About
I'm a product-focused lead software engineer, based in Sydney, Australia with 15+ years’ experience delivering products from idea to scale across startups, SMEs, and global commerce leaders. Skilled at combining user empathy, product sense, and technical excellence with applied AI. I'm an experienced collaborator who thrives in high-growth and cross-disciplinary teams.
Current role
Lead Product Engineer - Pollen (award-winning design & product studio)
Lead engineering and AI strategy; hands-on across web, mobile, backend, and cloud.
Career Highlights
- Clara - AI companion for arthritis (Webby-nominated) - Evidence-based support; 87% specialist approval and 90% would recommend link
- PollenAI - Agentic AI Search - Adopted by Australian federal government, healthcare providers, and national infrastructure; processing millions of queries annually link
- Rebuilt - Part-time CTO - Australia’s first self-service platform for verified Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs) link
- Sound Shelter - Founder - Vinyl marketplace scaled to ~100k users and 30+ partner stores link
- Youcheck - Founding engineer - Founding engineer at startup awarded Google DNI funding to combat online misinformation using NLP link
- HomeAway.com - 1st technical hire in APAC for HomeAway.com (prior to $3.9B acquisition by Expedia Inc.) link
Focus areas
- Applied Generative AI, RAG, and agents
- Product engineering, UX/UI collaboration
- Cloud architecture, reliability, and evals
Currently
- Interests: Shipping user-facing AI features including RAG, agents, and workflows, measurement & evals, cost/performance tuning
- Availability: Open to select collaborations and advisory on applied AI and product engineering