About me
Senior Developer | DevEx & Tooling Specialist | CI/CD Automation | AI-Driven Developer Productivity
I'm a senior developer who has been building for the web since 1999, starting in the early commercial internet days at Mirago and evolving through web, application, game, and internal platform work. These days I spend most of my time making delivery smoother for other people - improving the systems, tooling, and workflows that sit around the code as much as the code itself.
Career span
Shipping software and improving delivery since 1999
Where I work best
Tooling, delivery systems, mentoring, practical automation, and the glue that makes teams easier to support.
Paramount Visas Ltd
Designs practical systems, automation, and technical support processes that make day-to-day business operations smoother, more reliable, and easier to scale in a regulated environment.
Selected work
Most of my current work lives in private repositories, but these projects reflect the kind of systems thinking, delivery discipline, and product ownership I bring to teams.
Internal business management platform for Paramount Visas, supporting structured workflows, operational visibility, and consistent delivery across the team.
Built with a strong emphasis on documentation, release discipline, environment management, and a dependable day-to-day developer workflow.
Secure document management system handling applicant files, structured review workflows, magic-link uploads, and Waypoint integration in a GDPR-conscious environment.
Combines practical business needs with document processing, storage controls, auditability, and operational safety for sensitive data.
Public-facing website rebuild for Paramount Visas with in-repo content authoring, modern frontend tooling, and a deployment pipeline suitable for ongoing business updates.
Demonstrates product delivery across content, UX, environment setup, and maintainable deployment rather than just page implementation.
How I work
The thread running through my career is enablement. I've built CI/CD pipelines, release workflows, static analysis tooling, quality gates, and internal platforms that help teams get fast feedback and ship with less friction. I enjoy the practical side of engineering: removing repetition, tightening feedback loops, and turning messy processes into something dependable.
I'm also at my best when I can combine hands-on development with mentoring and technical guidance. I like being the person who can debug the awkward problem, improve the workflow, and help a team make better decisions without adding unnecessary ceremony.
At Paramount Visas that means business systems engineering, automation, and day-to-day technical support. In other roles it has meant frontend development, platform work, mentoring, delivery tooling, and technical R&D. The shape changes, but the goal is consistent: build environments where people can do good work more easily.
Focus and themes
The work I enjoy most usually sits where delivery systems, mentoring, automation, and practical product thinking overlap.
I design workflows, linting, release pipelines, and quality gates that help teams move faster with less friction and more confidence.
I improve day-to-day operations by connecting systems, reducing manual work, and introducing low-risk changes that are easy to adopt.
I help developers debug hard problems, raise standards, and make better decisions by turning experience into practical guidance.
I explore how prompt assets, AI feedback, and workflow integration can make teams more effective without adding noise or process theatre.
The kinds of work I naturally lean toward
Capabilities
A mix of delivery tooling, engineering leadership, automation, and hands-on development across product and internal systems work.
Recent experience
Business Systems Engineer
Designs practical systems, automation, and technical support processes that make day-to-day business operations smoother, more reliable, and easier to scale in a regulated environment.
Senior Developer
Served as the studio's senior technical advisor, bridging leadership, development, and QA while improving tooling, workflows, and team capability.
Client Developer L2
Developed TypeScript-based iGaming titles optimized for performance on constrained mobile hardware.
Lead Web Developer
Short-term leadership role overseeing web development projects and technical delivery.
Developer
Worked on software supporting energy industry operations — smart meter management, workforce tools, and backend systems.
Earlier career
My more recent roles sit on top of a much longer career across the commercial web, application development, and interactive products. That longer runway is a big part of why I tend to see both the code and the wider delivery system around it.
Cut my teeth in commercial web development when the industry was still finding its shape, building the kind of foundational experience that still informs how I think about delivery and product value.
Worked across different stacks, teams, and commercial contexts, building the breadth that now lets me move comfortably between product work, platform concerns, and operational systems.
Roles at Wheatley, FLOvate, Switch Studios, and now Paramount Visas progressively pulled me toward tooling, mentoring, automation, and the engineering systems that make teams more effective.