AI & .NET engineer and technology leader | Azure, RAG, MCP I'm a Head of Engineering with 20+ years of experience delivering software in regulated sectors: healthcare, public sector and cybersecurity.
AI & .NET engineer and technology leader | Azure, RAG, MCP
I’m a Head of Engineering with 20+ years of experience delivering software in regulated sectors: healthcare, public sector and cybersecurity. My background is .NET and C#, with Azure, AWS and Cloudflare for cloud, and Kubernetes and Terraform for platforms.
Over the last couple of years my focus has been AI engineering. I built Forge, an AI software factory in C# that takes a ticket through to a pull request. It’s made of three MCP servers for orchestration, retrieval and agent memory, with scoring and self-correction loops and a human approving before anything is merged. At iQ HealthTech I introduced AI-assisted development across a team of 10+, with guardrails for responsible use. At Keepnet I was responsible for reviewing and governing the AI features shipped to customers.
I’m also used to being brought in to fix specific problems quickly: security exposure, cloud migration, Azure Cloud Adoption Framework adoption, and ISO 27001 and compliance work, which I’ve led from hands-on implementation through to governance.
I’m a good fit for:
I work remotely from the UK, I’m happy to join an existing team, and I’m available on a contract, interim or part-time basis through a limited company.
An AI software factory built in C# and .NET that takes development work from a ticket through to a pull request. It's made of three MCP servers for orchestration, retrieval (RAG) and agent memory, with agent scoring, self-correction and human approval before anything is merged. Architecture overview only. The codebase is private, and a demo is available on request.
Led engineering for an AI-first cybersecurity SaaS platform with a team of 5. Reviewed the multi-provider LLM architecture and set the guardrails for customer-facing AI content: PII handling, tenant isolation and output validation. Introduced Azure Cloud Adoption Framework practice and proposed Cloudflare Zero Trust to replace redundant bastion hosts.
Owned overall technology strategy across product, platform, and delivery for a regulated health-tech environment. Partnered with founders and executive leadership to shape AI and platform roadmaps aligned to business growth and risk management. Led introduction of AI-assisted development and internal tooling with responsible AI guardrails (structured prompting, validation workflows, BMAD, human-in-the-loop patterns), driving daily adoption across 10+ developers. Co-led exploratory R&D using Claude Code to scaffold microservice platforms and boilerplate. Led ISO27001 certification to completion (including BSI Implementer accreditation) and progressed Cyber Essentials Plus and SOC 2 Type II readiness. Managed a cross-functional team of 10+ and coordinated third-party partners for infrastructure and customer alignment, including full-cycle technical hiring and structured technical testing.
Translated stakeholder and clinical requirements into secure, scalable, compliant platform designs. Produced architectural standards using Sparx Enterprise Architect. Built microservices pipelines via Azure DevOps, deploying to Kubernetes, and delivered proofs-of-concept that incorporated AI-assisted development practices and automation. Supported cross-functional delivery by leading development and QA teams and contributing to programme execution.
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