Tech Lead London, UK

I build enterprise systems — and grow the teams behind them.

9 years delivering mission-critical software for Fortune 500 clients and global companies. I lead architecture, modernise legacy codebases, and ship complex integrations — while mentoring the developers who keep them running.

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2026 –
Lead Software Developer Engage Education · London
Building an onshore development team from scratch and leading the re-platforming of an enterprise .NET Framework solution to .NET 10 on Azure with microservices and message-driven architecture. Established automated testing (XUnit, Vitest, Playwright) and Azure DevOps CI/CD, and pioneered spec-driven AI development workflows with Claude Code.

2022 – 2026
Lead Software Developer & Team Lead PDMS · Isle of Man
Lead engineer for GSIS — a global BOM system handling 100,000+ product revisions and 500,000+ parts across 30+ brands — and for major enhancements to BORIS, a vessel and crew management system for one of the world's largest ship registries. Managed a hybrid team of 6 while staying hands-on, refactored a legacy ASP.NET codebase (DI with Autofac, XUnit) for measurable gains in code health and delivery speed, delivered 10+ SAP ERP interfaces, and ran Power BI consultancy workshops.
2020 – 2022
Software Developer PDMS · Isle of Man
Built scalable C# .NET Core applications (SQL Server, Angular) for clients including Stanley Black & Decker and the Bahamas Maritime Authority. Led the BORIS back-office system and Angular public portal for a registry with 50M+ gross tonnage, and spearheaded REST/SAP ERP integration through clean abstraction layers.
2019
Software Developer Abacus · Isle of Man
Developed and maintained a bespoke C# .NET and SQL Server financial client administration system, building web services to integrate third-party systems and supporting roll-outs to three newly acquired international offices under tight deadlines.
2016 – 2019
Graduate Software Engineer Capula · Cumbria
Engineered ASP.NET applications for the nuclear industry (C# .NET, VB.NET, T-SQL, Oracle PL/SQL) under strict security and regulatory standards. Delivered a SCADA reporting solution end to end, and automated IT operations with PowerShell.
2016 – 2017
BSc (Hons) Computing and IT University of Cumbria
2011 – 2013
DipHE Computer Science University of York

Projects

Best Books Guide React 19 · Fastify · PostgreSQL · AWS · Terraform
A curated books guide that doubles as a full-stack sandbox on AWS.
demake TypeScript · pnpm workspace · retro toolchains
A toolchain that turns modern assets and simple code into real 8/16-bit ROMs.
Zomb Boy Game Boy Color · Z80 assembly
A Game Boy Color survival game hand-written in Z80 assembly.

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Writing

Jul 30, 2026 Start at the end: learning full stack development with AI
In the past, when someone had an idea, they started coding it from line one. With AI coding agents, you can start at the end...

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