Technical founder and senior cloud architect with 10+ years building production SaaS platforms. I specialise in designing and stabilising cloud infrastructure for early-stage software companies, helping teams move from fragile setups to reliable, production-ready systems. My background includes AWS architecture, CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and scalable backend systems across fintech, sports data and accounting platforms. Currently building a hospitality discovery platform, and occasionally take on short engagements helping startups harden infrastructure, streamline deployments and prepare systems for growth. Best suited for founders who need an experienced engineer to quickly bring structure and reliability to their platform.

Technical founder and senior cloud architect with 10+ years building production SaaS platforms. I specialise in designing and stabilising cloud infrastructure for early-stage software companies, helping teams move from fragile setups to reliable, production-ready systems. My background includes AWS architecture, CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and scalable backend systems across fintech, sports data and accounting platforms. Currently building a hospitality discovery platform, and occasionally take on short engagements helping startups harden infrastructure, streamline deployments and prepare systems for growth. Best suited for founders who need an experienced engineer to quickly bring structure and reliability to their platform.

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Technical founder and senior cloud architect with 10+ years building production SaaS platforms.

I specialise in designing and stabilising cloud infrastructure for early-stage software companies, helping teams move from fragile setups to reliable, production-ready systems. My background includes AWS architecture, CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and scalable backend systems across fintech, sports data and accounting platforms.

Currently building a hospitality discovery platform, and occasionally take on short engagements helping startups harden infrastructure, streamline deployments and prepare systems for growth.

Best suited for founders who need an experienced engineer to quickly bring structure and reliability to their platform.

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Experience Level

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Xero
January 1, 2022 - Present
Delivered cloud-native microservices using C# and .NET Core within a distributed, event-driven architecture. Implemented event-driven communication with SNS/SQS, built AWS-based services using Lambda and RDS (PostgreSQL). Implemented CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions to automate builds, tests, and deployments. Integrated cross-domain services via Kafka-based event streaming. Applied TDD with xUnit and Moq to improve maintainability and release confidence. Contributed to high-availability backend services for a large SME accounting user base.
Senior Software Engineer at SportRadar
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Designed and delivered microservices using C# and .NET Core within an AWS ECS-based architecture. Implemented event-driven communication using SNS/SQS. Built AWS-based services with Lambda, SQS, RDS (PostgreSQL). Created CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions. Implemented Kafka-based event streaming for cross-domain services. Applied TDD practices (xUnit, Moq) and improved performance with Redis caching; contributed to high availability backend serving SMEs.
Senior Software Engineer at Newfold Digital
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020
Re-engineered a monolithic web application into loosely coupled microservices using ASP.NET Core and REST APIs. Developed a .NET Core-based ETL engine using Azure Functions and Cosmos DB to support scalable data ingestion. Designed data abstraction layers enabling migration to NoSQL backends. Implemented Redis caching to improve performance and reduce database load. Built and maintained backend services using C#, SQL Server, and Azure cloud services. Applied unit testing with xUnit and Moq to ensure production-ready code. Contributed to architectural redesign improving scalability and resilience.
Software Engineer at CGI
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2017
Delivered enterprise applications using C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server within structured development environments.

Education

B.S.c. (Hons) Computer Science at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2010

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics