Services · from direction through delivery

Technology decisions that hold up in the real world.

I work where product thinking, software architecture and implementation meet—especially when a platform is important enough that shortcuts become expensive.

Engagements can begin with a focused review, continue through a complete build, or become an ongoing technical partnership.

Explore capabilities

Architecture & advisory

Product and platform architecture

For new products, difficult rebuilds and platforms carrying too much accidental complexity.

I help turn a business goal into a technical direction the team can actually deliver. That means understanding users and operations, defining system boundaries, making technology choices with their consequences visible, and shaping a first release that proves the right things.

Typical outcomes

  • Technical discovery and risk mapping
  • Architecture and data-flow design
  • Build-versus-buy decisions
  • Roadmaps, estimates and delivery plans

System design · Technical due diligence · APIs · Data modelling · Delivery strategy

Digital products

SaaS, PaaS and business systems

Multi-tenant products, operational platforms, portals and internal systems built around how the business really works.

I design and build the workflows, permissions, data models and integrations behind serious business software—from a focused first release through the architecture needed for growth. Existing systems can be modernised incrementally when a rewrite would create more risk than value.

Typical outcomes

  • SaaS and multi-tenant platforms
  • Customer and partner portals
  • Operational dashboards and workflows
  • Legacy modernisation and integrations

Laravel · PHP · React · Vue · React Native · MySQL · REST and event-driven integrations

Commerce

Commerce engineering

Commerce platforms where catalogue logic, checkout and operations need to behave as one connected system.

Beyond storefront design, I work on the structural problems that determine whether commerce scales: product and variant modelling, subscriptions, international selling, payments, fulfilment, ERP connections and the performance customers experience on real devices.

Typical outcomes

  • Complex catalogue architecture
  • Checkout and subscription flows
  • ERP, fulfilment and payment integrations
  • Internationalisation and performance

Shopify · WooCommerce · Magento · Stripe · Multi-currency · B2B commerce

Intelligent workflows

Applied AI and automation

Useful AI features and automation designed around evidence, control and measurable operational value.

I help identify where AI genuinely improves a product or workflow, then build the surrounding system: reliable context, structured outputs, human review, evaluation and fallbacks. The aim is dependable capability—not an impressive demo that becomes unpredictable in production.

Typical outcomes

  • AI product and workflow discovery
  • Agents and assisted operations
  • Retrieval and data pipelines
  • Evaluation, guardrails and human review

LLM integration · Agents · Retrieval · Structured generation · Workflow automation

Reliability

Security, cloud and DevOps

Practical engineering for platforms that need safer delivery, clearer operations and fewer unpleasant surprises.

I review and improve applications across code, dependencies, infrastructure and operating practices. Work can range from focused hardening or performance diagnosis to containerised delivery, AWS architecture, observability, backup strategy and a recovery plan the team has actually tested.

Typical outcomes

  • Application and architecture reviews
  • Cloud and container delivery
  • Performance and observability
  • Backup, recovery and incident readiness

AWS · Docker · CI/CD · Application security · Monitoring · Performance engineering

Ways to work together

Start with the level of involvement the problem needs.

Not every engagement needs a large build. A focused piece of senior thinking can be the most valuable place to begin.

Focused

Review and direction

Architecture review, technical discovery, security assessment or a practical plan for a difficult decision.

End to end

Design and build

A complete product or platform engagement, from shaping the first release through deployment and handover.

Ongoing

Technical partnership

Retained senior support for architecture, delivery, reliability and continuous product improvement.

A useful first conversation

Bring me the problem, not a service brief.

Tell me what is changing, what is stuck or what feels risky. I’ll help identify the sensible next step—even when that step is smaller than a full project.

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