I am a coder by trade, and an artist by night. With over 20 years experience in backend programming and front end design, I have spent the last 5 years working in a highly regulated enterprise environment. Before that I ran a 5 person web-dev shop for 15 years, catering to corporate, SME and individual clients. My art and design work is either digital or graphic-style acrylic on canvas. I can also do also digital, and I've been using photoshop since the last century. I like to bring my artistry to my day job. Elegant code: well designed, intelligent, functional, and easy to understand and maintain. Elegant design: stylish, intuitive interfaces that are driven by business requirements. I am equally happy working as part of a dev team, or alone, for individuals or companies. I can work with you to formulate requirements or work to exisiting specifications. I am looking for projects that are creative, interesting and satisfying. Key Technical Skills: ------------------------- C# .NET SqlServer (database design and optimisation) Azure Data management and manipulation Git WordPress HTML CSS (all flavours) jQuery Javascript TDD CI/CD Areas of Work ------------------ Enterprise app/web development Goal driven website development Company portals Web security Graphic design SEO Branding Marketing Mailing list development Copywriting Contractor Setup ---------------------- - Fully remote - Outside IR35 (LTD Co) - Mid-to-long term engagements - Based in Nottingham and Spain – UK citizen working within UK/EU compliance and UK hours

ElegantCode

I am a coder by trade, and an artist by night. With over 20 years experience in backend programming and front end design, I have spent the last 5 years working in a highly regulated enterprise environment. Before that I ran a 5 person web-dev shop for 15 years, catering to corporate, SME and individual clients. My art and design work is either digital or graphic-style acrylic on canvas. I can also do also digital, and I've been using photoshop since the last century. I like to bring my artistry to my day job. Elegant code: well designed, intelligent, functional, and easy to understand and maintain. Elegant design: stylish, intuitive interfaces that are driven by business requirements. I am equally happy working as part of a dev team, or alone, for individuals or companies. I can work with you to formulate requirements or work to exisiting specifications. I am looking for projects that are creative, interesting and satisfying. Key Technical Skills: ------------------------- C# .NET SqlServer (database design and optimisation) Azure Data management and manipulation Git WordPress HTML CSS (all flavours) jQuery Javascript TDD CI/CD Areas of Work ------------------ Enterprise app/web development Goal driven website development Company portals Web security Graphic design SEO Branding Marketing Mailing list development Copywriting Contractor Setup ---------------------- - Fully remote - Outside IR35 (LTD Co) - Mid-to-long term engagements - Based in Nottingham and Spain – UK citizen working within UK/EU compliance and UK hours

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I am a coder by trade, and an artist by night.

With over 20 years experience in backend programming and front end design, I have spent the last 5 years working in a highly regulated enterprise environment. Before that I ran a 5 person web-dev shop for 15 years, catering to corporate, SME and individual clients.

My art and design work is either digital or graphic-style acrylic on canvas. I can also do also digital, and I’ve been using photoshop since the last century.

I like to bring my artistry to my day job.

Elegant code: well designed, intelligent, functional, and easy to understand and maintain.

Elegant design: stylish, intuitive interfaces that are driven by business requirements.

I am equally happy working as part of a dev team, or alone, for individuals or companies. I can work with you to formulate requirements or work to exisiting specifications.

I am looking for projects that are creative, interesting and satisfying.

Key Technical Skills:

C#
.NET
SqlServer (database design and optimisation)
Azure
Data management and manipulation
Git
WordPress
HTML
CSS (all flavours)
jQuery
Javascript
TDD
CI/CD

Areas of Work

Enterprise app/web development
Goal driven website development
Company portals
Web security
Graphic design
SEO
Branding
Marketing
Mailing list development
Copywriting

Contractor Setup

  • Fully remote
  • Outside IR35 (LTD Co)
  • Mid-to-long term engagements
  • Based in Nottingham and Spain – UK citizen working within UK/EU compliance and UK hours
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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Royal Mail Group
January 6, 2020 - Present
Full-time employee - Led a team transitioning a high-traffic monolith to modular RESTful microservices - Designed and implemented scalable APIs using .NET Core and SQL Server - Improved DevOps workflows, deployments, and system monitoring via Azure DevOps - Contributed to testing, CI/CD pipelines, and stakeholder alignment across teams
Founder / Full Stack Developer at CompleteWeb
January 3, 2005 - January 6, 2020
Built and led a 5-person digital agency focused on high-traffic, data-driven apps - Delivered CMS portals, SEO-optimised web apps, and internal tools for long-term clients - Managed all development, design, hosting, SEO, and digital marketing in-house

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Industry Experience

Computers & Electronics, Education, Software & Internet, Other, Professional Services, Telecommunications