Professional Development
Independent Engineer at Professional Development
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Full-time independent engineering work focused on building and operating production-style systems.
- Built and operated production-style personal and open-source systems across application code and infrastructure.
Stickee
DevOps Engineer at Stickee
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Built shared tooling and internal platforms to support application delivery, observability, and operational consistency across multiple teams.
- Led the rollout of application observability using Grafana Cloud APM, onboarding teams and establishing shared monitoring and alerting practices.
- Built a Kubernetes-based self-service preview environment, enabling per-pull-request deployments via GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Helm, and shared automation.
- Designed and standardised CI/CD pipelines across multiple repositories, aligning build, test, and deployment workflows with preview environments.
- Developed shared Laravel instrumentation to provide consistent application metrics and job queue visibility across services.
- Created and maintained a company-wide code quality and standards package, integrating PHP CS Fixer, Larastan, and Rector into local and CI workflows.
- Worked closely with application teams to align development and operational practices, providing hands-on support with delivery, reliability, and complex technical issues.
Full Stack Developer at Stickee
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Delivered and maintained client and internal web applications over multiple years in an agency environment, moving across multiple projects while retaining ownership of long-lived systems alongside new feature delivery.
- Primary developer on an affiliate network platform, responsible for the majority of full-stack implementation across application logic, data flows, and ongoing maintenance.
- Built and maintained services to ingest and normalise external data, making it reliable and reusable across multiple client and internal products.
- Contributed to an in-house product used by globally recognised enterprise customers.
Caters News Group
Full Stack Developer at Caters News Group
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Joined an established team to provide hands-on development support and technical oversight, reviewing external agency output and advising on maintainability and delivery.
Inganta Limited
CTO / Co-Founder at Inganta Limited
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Led the technical development of a data-driven SaaS product built on UK Companies House iXBRL data.
- Built and operated the core data processing and enrichment pipelines, transforming regulatory filings into commercially usable financial signals.
- Designed and iterated on a turnover estimation system, using a distributed tree-based model implemented with H2O, with end-to-end ownership of architecture and operations in a resource-constrained startup.
Blue Cube Communications Limited
Lead Software Engineer at Blue Cube Communications Limited
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Led end-to-end delivery of multiple client-facing web projects, owning implementation through to production release.
- Established repeatable development and deployment workflows using Vagrant and Ansible.
- Acted as a technical lead and mentor, introducing Atomic Design and shared patterns to improve consistency and delivery.
Sixth Story Creative Limited
Software Engineer at Sixth Story Creative Limited
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Delivered client-facing websites and e-commerce platforms in a fast-paced agency environment, collaborating closely with in-house designers.
- Developed a strong foundation in shipping work with real-world constraints and deadlines.