Paragraph 1: I’ve spent two decades writing code across startups, agencies, creative projects, and large government infrastructure. I’ve learned that the core skills that truly matter are creative thinking and the ability to engage with and manage complexity. I’m drawn to architecture that emphasizes high cohesion, low coupling, and the right abstractions to keep systems comprehensible as they scale. Paragraph 2: Outside the codebase I enjoy working with others to frame problems with precision and define outcomes clearly. Inside the code, I strive for elegant structures built around practical abstractions and robust integration between human judgment and AI capability to deliver reliable end-to-end experiences.

Paragraph 1: I’ve spent two decades writing code across startups, agencies, creative projects, and large government infrastructure. I’ve learned that the core skills that truly matter are creative thinking and the ability to engage with and manage complexity. I’m drawn to architecture that emphasizes high cohesion, low coupling, and the right abstractions to keep systems comprehensible as they scale. Paragraph 2: Outside the codebase I enjoy working with others to frame problems with precision and define outcomes clearly. Inside the code, I strive for elegant structures built around practical abstractions and robust integration between human judgment and AI capability to deliver reliable end-to-end experiences.

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Paragraph 1: I’ve spent two decades writing code across startups, agencies, creative projects, and large government infrastructure. I’ve learned that the core skills that truly matter are creative thinking and the ability to engage with and manage complexity. I’m drawn to architecture that emphasizes high cohesion, low coupling, and the right abstractions to keep systems comprehensible as they scale.

Paragraph 2: Outside the codebase I enjoy working with others to frame problems with precision and define outcomes clearly. Inside the code, I strive for elegant structures built around practical abstractions and robust integration between human judgment and AI capability to deliver reliable end-to-end experiences.

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Work Experience

Contract Senior Full Stack Engineer at Pollen Music Group
March 1, 2025 - Present
Designed and built a custom annotation and survey platform extending the Label Studio open-source platform, including custom XML tags with React frontend components and Python backend handlers and branching survey logic. Implemented a flexible task and user management architecture enabling the client to deploy multiple annotation and survey types to their user base. Collaborated on a hybrid delivery model combining AI-generated and hand-coded components, owning the integration layer to ensure a seamless end-user experience across the full stack.
Contract Senior Full Stack Engineer at SigTech
April 1, 2024 - November 30, 2024
Designed and built a configurable SVG animation system as the centrepiece of a product microsite for an agentic AI platform, with admin-controlled content and visual components.
Contract Tech Lead at HiMumSaidDad
July 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023
Led technical delivery of CLOVER, a youth e-learning platform that achieved 32% month-on-month learner growth post-launch across a base of 6 million+ members. Refactored WordPress theme into a testable, object-oriented structure; optimised REST endpoints to reduce database load and deliver leaner payloads for the mobile app.
CTO / Principal Engineer at Manageable
February 1, 2022 - May 31, 2023
Built and led the product development team from scratch, hiring two junior developers and a product manager, with regular 1:1s and hands-on mentoring. Defined and executed the full tech strategy as part of the founding leadership team; designed, built and launched an online learning platform securing enterprise clients including Google and Charlotte Tilbury. Used n8n to automate admin workflows including Slack messaging, transactional email, and PDF generation, preserving the high-touch client experience while reducing manual tasks from hours to minutes.
Tech Lead at Tech Nation
October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2021
Led the 2018 technical relaunch of the Digital Business Academy, the UK government's flagship digital skills platform, overhauling the platform architecture and significantly expanding the course catalogue. Platform grew to 49,000+ enrolled learners post-relaunch, achieving a 30% course completion rate, over 7x the industry average as cited in a government-commissioned impact evaluation. Managed a team of developers and data analysts across the full product lifecycle, delivering a GDPR-compliant data platform and interactive data visualisations for the annual Tech Nation report.
Contract Software Developer at Tech City
March 1, 2016 - August 31, 2016
Inherited an unfinished bespoke LMS with multi-bitrate video streaming on AWS, fixed and launched on time without a technical handover. Assessed the existing codebase and recommended migration to a modern third-party LMS, leading the selection process and building bespoke React components to adapt it to the client's requirements.
Senior PHP Developer, SC & NPPV Cleared at Web Technology Group
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2015
Modernised a secure data management system used by government agencies, upgrading from PHP 4/5 to Laravel with Eloquent ORM, PSR-4 compliance, and PHPUnit test coverage. Rebuilt the security and permissions architecture for a government-facing system, redesigned the frontend, and implemented MongoDB audit logging for full user activity tracking.

Education

BSc (Hons) Computer Science & Cybernetics at University of Reading
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026
MA Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, UAL
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026
BSc (Hons) Computer Science & Cybernetics at University of Reading
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026
MA Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, UAL
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026

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Software & Internet, Government, Education, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment