Hi, I'm Jayce! I enjoy solving a blend of business and technical problems!
Currently based in Melbourne, AU
Timeline
/instagram-reel-extractor
Personal · Side Project | April 2026
CLI tool that extracts metadata, music identification, transcripts, and frame-by-frame visual breakdowns from Instagram Reels into structured Markdown.
handler/one
Personal · Side Project | March 2026 - Present
Building the delegation layer between humans and agents/
Ditto
Personal · Side Project | March 2026
Record Once, Automate Forever
arrayah accelerator chapter 2
Arrayah | February 2026 - March 2026
Drummoyne, New South Wales
a place to just do things
Builder
Project Gapped | December 2025 - Present
Building 6 apps in 6 months before I turn 25. Goal is to reach 20k MRR.
Engineer
Tesla · Internship | April 2025 - December 2025
Melbourne | Palo Alto · Hybrid
Team: APAC Megapack Sales Engineering
Force multiplier for the team - created/enhanced internal tools, automations and dashboards to boost productivity.
Career Horizons
Build Club x Tutero Education Hackathon · Hackathon | December 2024
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Spearheaded a 5-person cross-functional team to deliver an educational technology platform within a 5-hour period, leveraging NextJS, Groq AI, and PostgreSQL
- Managed end-to-end project lifecycle including resource allocation, technical architecture decisions, and stakeholder presentations to industry judges
- Won "First Place" award for creating an AI-powered career guidance platform targeting first-year university students
Technical Business Developer
Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Internship | December 2024 - February 2025
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid
Team: AWS Marketplace - Partner Development Representatives
- Developed an AI agent that enabled Partner Development Managers to identify the top APAC startups for different categories for investment within a 24-hour period, reducing the identification process time from 8 hours to 30 minutes.
- Led a cross-functional project around Early Career Development in the Partner Organisation with 30+ stakeholders across Partner Development, Solutions Architecture, and Technical Training teams to redesign Learning Development Plans, maintaining weekly status updates to mentors and bi-weekly executive reviews.
- Architected and implemented a comprehensive BI dashboard using Smartsheet tracking 15+ KPIs across technical certification progress, partner engagement metrics, and program effectiveness for new employees and rolled out to 3 teams for an initial pilot, resulting in a CSAT of 4/5 from 8 initial users.
Blackbird Giants Cohort 8
Blackbird · Program | October 2024 - December 2024
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Founder Fellow, Spring24
Startmate Launch Club · Program | August 2024 - November 2024
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Remote
Co-Founder
BigBrain Education · Side Hustle | July 2024 - Present
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Developed an AI powered e-learning platform using React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Supabase to personalise learning, automate student onboarding and reporting, increasing operational efficiency.
- Led a cross-functional team of 2x engineers, a single designer, and 4x tutors to launch a platform serving 1100+ students, in a 12 month period, improving student average results for entrance exams from 43% to 71%.
- Implemented process automation from email notifications, and data-driven insights through Notion, Python, Make, and N8N to optimise business operations, enhancing user experience and decision-making.
Customer Insights Analyst
Origin Energy · Internship | January 2024 - June 2024
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid
Team: Customer Insights
Data analyst for hire - assigned to various projects across the company from AI customer support, community batteries and identifying key industries for smart metre rollouts.
- Developed proficiency in Python, SQL, Tableau, Confluence, and Excel to analyse data effectively and drive business insights in the Utilities sector.
- Collaborated cross-functionally with stakeholders from sales, commercial, pricing, reporting, operations, and marketing departments to understand business operations and contribute to strategic decision-making processes.
- Contributed to innovative data projects aimed at customer retention, AI-driven analysis of customer calls, and data-informed marketing campaigns, fostering a dynamic and solution-oriented approach in a rapidly evolving renewable energy industry.
Tech Risk & Cyber Vacationer
KPMG · Internship | November 2023 - January 2024
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid
Team: Technology Risk & Cyber
- Engaged in comprehensive risk assessment and mitigation strategies within the Technology Risk & Cyber team, collaborating closely with clients from diverse industries
- Conducted detailed walkthroughs, designed ICT controls, and tested control effectiveness to proactively identify and address potential risks, ensuring the seamless alignment of IT capabilities with strategic objective
BCG Strategy Academy Masterclass
Boston Consulting Group · Program | October 2023
President
Monash Association of Coding · Student Club | September 2023 - September 2024
Victoria, Australia
Scaled from a 24 member team to 71 whilst simultaneously growing:
- Memberships (1000 → 1601)
- Events (24 → 60)
- Social medias (4k → 130k+)
Accenture Tech Bootcamp, 2023
Accenture · Program | July 2023
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Student Fellowship, Winter23
Startmate · Programs | June 2023 - July 2023
IT Peer Mentor
Monash University · Volunteer | February 2023 - June 2023
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Monash Innovation Guarantee 2023
Monash University · Program | January 2023
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid
Fastrack 23 Founder
Entrepreneurship@Monash · Program | January 2023 - November 2023
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Media Lead
Google Developer Student Club - Monash · Extracurricular | October 2022 - April 2023
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Deloitte Insider Program
Deloitte · Program | September 2022
KPMG Foundations Program
KPMG · Program | September 2022
Marketing Director
Monash Association of Coding · Extracurricular | September 2022 - September 2023
Student Ambassador
Monash University · Part-time | June 2022 - July 2025
Clayton, Victoria, Australia · On-site
Student representative for: 4 Open Days, 10 videos, 10+ events
Selective Hub - Exam Question Generator
· Personal Project | June 2022
- Innovated by developing Python scripts utilising Openpyxl, NLTK corpus, and Pandas to automate the generation of high school entrance exam questions
- Applied robust Object-Oriented Programming principles to ensure the creation of diverse and effective questions that align with educational standards
Marketing Officer
Monash Association of Coding · Student Club | June 2022 - September 2022
Trackr - Movie/Show Tracker
FIT3175 Usability · Projects | January 2022 - February 2022
- Lead a 3-person team to create a high-fidelity prototype for a Movie/show tracker mobile app using Figma.
Founder
JT Tutoring · Self-employed | June 2019 - Present
Greater Melbourne Area
Personalised high school tutoring for selective, specialist and scholarship entrance in Victoria. Schools include: Melbourne High, Mac.Robertson Girls', Nossal High, Suzanne Cory, John Monash Science, Elizabeth Blackburn School of Sciences.
Content Creator
Multiple Platforms · Experience | October 2018 - Present
Greater Melbourne Area
- YouTube: Jayce Batallones - 2k subscribers with 109 videos | [INACTIVE]
- TikTok: jei.shi - 21k followers with 345 videos | [INACTIVE]
- Instagram: jayceb.mp4 - 1.8k | [ACTIVE]
- LinkedIn: jaycebatallones - 1k | [INACTIVE]