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I am a self-taught, full-stack developer with 5+ years of professional experience spanning agency work, product development, and technical leadership. I completed a Level 3 Software Technician Apprenticeship alongside full-time development work, building a strong foundation across the modern web stack. My background is rooted in shipping real products—from multi-client agency builds to my own SaaS platform. I thrive across the full software life cycle (architecture, build, and deployment) and I bring a genuine interest in product thinking, performance, and business impact alongside the technical craft.…I am a self-taught, full-stack developer with 5+ years of professional experience spanning agency work, product development, and technical leadership. I completed a Level 3 Software Technician Apprenticeship alongside full-time development work, building a strong foundation across the modern web stack. My background is rooted in shipping real products—from multi-client agency builds to my own SaaS platform. I thrive across the full software life cycle (architecture, build, and deployment) and I bring a genuine interest in product thinking, performance, and business impact alongside the technical craft.

Christopher Garlick

Full Stack Developer, Web Developer, Front-End Developer, +2

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I am a self-taught, full-stack developer with 5+ years of professional experience spanning agency work, product development, and technical leadership. I completed a Level 3 Software Technician Apprenticeship alongside full-time development work, building a strong foundation across the modern web stack. My background is rooted in shipping real products—from multi-client agency builds to my own SaaS platform. I thrive across the full software life cycle (architecture, build, and deployment) and I bring a genuine interest in product thinking, performance, and business impact alongside the technical craft.…I am a self-taught, full-stack developer with 5+ years of professional experience spanning agency work, product development, and technical leadership. I completed a Level 3 Software Technician Apprenticeship alongside full-time development work, building a strong foundation across the modern web stack. My background is rooted in shipping real products—from multi-client agency builds to my own SaaS platform. I thrive across the full software life cycle (architecture, build, and deployment) and I bring a genuine interest in product thinking, performance, and business impact alongside the technical craft.

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I am a self-taught, full-stack developer with 5+ years of professional experience spanning agency work, product development, and technical leadership. I completed a Level 3 Software Technician Apprenticeship alongside full-time development work, building a strong foundation across the modern web stack.

My background is rooted in shipping real products—from multi-client agency builds to my own SaaS platform. I thrive across the full software life cycle (architecture, build, and deployment) and I bring a genuine interest in product thinking, performance, and business impact alongside the technical craft.

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Senior Full Stack Developer at Zaltek Digital

January 1, 2025 - Present

Leading full-stack development across client projects, owning technical architecture and end-to-end delivery from brief to deployment. Responsible for server management and DevOps across Linux/DigitalOcean infrastructure, including Nginx configuration, SSL, systemd service management, and environment provisioning. Investigating and resolving production issues by analyzing logs and metrics; managing client data pipelines including data imports, cleansing, deduplication, and structured migrations; translating briefs into detailed technical specs, bridging non-technical stakeholders and development; advising on tooling, stack decisions, and third-party integrations to deliver robust solutions.

Full Stack Web Developer at Coffee Design

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2025

Delivered and maintained websites and web applications for multiple clients across WordPress, Shopify, Laravel, and HubSpot. Built bespoke Laravel applications to streamline internal agency workflows, including employee onboarding systems and automated email generation tools. Developed e-commerce solutions with WooCommerce and Shopify focusing on SEO, accessibility, and performance. Completed Level 3 Apprenticeship and translated designs from Figma/Adobe XD into production-quality code.

Founder & CEO at Alldio

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2024

Founded and ran a bootstrapped digital product from concept through to active users, handling product, development, marketing, and commercial strategy independently. Gained first-hand experience of the full software product life cycle, from initial architecture through to ongoing iteration based on real user feedback.

Data Management at Smoke & Mirrors

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2018

Managed and maintained structured data assets for a post-production and VFX studio based in London. Designed and built Krita AI web intelligence and audit platform from scratch, covering SEO, accessibility, Core Web Vitals, security, and AI/search visibility. Built with Next.js, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and BullMQ.