Taking on new freelance projects
Custom web applications, APIs, MVPs and integrations for UK businesses, founders and teams.
7+ years of engineering, from sole-developer builds to live commercial platforms. I take a project from the first conversation to software that keeps working long after launch.
Selected work
An independent product I built and run, websites I built single-handed for real businesses, and live platforms I worked on as part of a senior engineering team.
Independent product
A CV-tailoring web app that rewrites a CV for a specific job — and rejects any line it can't trace back to the original.
TypeScript, Next.js, React, NestJS, PostgreSQL, MikroORM, Redis, BullMQ, AWS S3, Tailwind CSS, Zod
Websites for an education consultancy and a care provider, where I was the only developer — design through to deployment.
Education
The first website for an education consultancy: course pages, online student registration and applications, and a content area the team manages themselves.
Sole developer. JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap
Read the DHUB Education case studydhubeducation.com (opens in a new tab)
Health and social care
The first website for a care provider: clear pages for each care service, enquiry and appointment request forms, and an admin area for managing content.
Sole developer. JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap
Read the Jordan Care case studyjordancare.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Four live online casino brands on one shared platform, where I worked as a senior developer in the engineering team that builds and maintains it. The brands belong to their operator.
Four live online casino brands running on one shared platform. As part of the senior engineering team I built an automated content translation workflow and integrated the sportsbook into the landing page.
Senior software developer, senior engineering team. Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, AWS
Abstract illustrations, not the products’ interfaces. The live sites are only available in some countries.
Services
Most projects start with a problem rather than a technology. Open any of these to see what it involves and who it suits.
Not sure which one fits? Describe the problem instead.
You need software that fits how your business actually works — a customer portal, a booking system, a dashboard — and nothing off the shelf quite does.
Businesses replacing spreadsheets or patchwork tools, and organisations with a clear process to put online.
Tell me what the software needs to do and who will use it. Start an enquiry
Your app or website needs a reliable engine behind it — business rules, data, integrations — that won't fall over as usage grows.
Teams with a front end but no back end, and products outgrowing their first server setup.
Share what your system has to handle and what it connects to. Start an enquiry
You have an idea and need a first version real users can try — built properly enough to keep, without overbuilding before you know what works.
Founders and early-stage startups, technical or not.
Describe the idea and who it's for — a rough description is fine. Start an enquiry
Your team copies data between systems, re-keys orders or chases the same updates by hand every week.
Small businesses and operations teams losing hours to manual admin.
List the tools involved and the job you'd like to stop doing by hand. Start an enquiry
Your current website or app is slow, buggy, hard to change, or the original developer has moved on.
Anyone with software that works, mostly — and needs someone to take care of it.
Tell me what's going wrong and what the software is built with, if you know. Start an enquiry
You need an experienced engineer to help make technical decisions, plan features, or join your team for a while.
Businesses without an in-house engineer, and teams that need extra senior capacity.
Tell me about your team and where you'd like help. Start an enquiry
How I work
The shape depends on the size of the job: a small fix might move through all four stages in a day, while a larger build repeats the build stage milestone by milestone.
We talk through the business, the people who'll use the software, your goals and constraints, and what success looks like.
You getA call, or a written brief if you prefer
We agree the scope, requirements, technical approach, deliverables and milestones — in writing, before any build starts.
You getA clear proposal and price
I build in manageable stages, show you working progress regularly, and check each part does what it should.
You getRegular updates and things you can try
Testing, deployment and documentation, followed by an agreed handover or ongoing maintenance.
You getLive software, and notes on how it works
Throughout: you always know what’s being worked on, what it costs and what’s next.
I build for reliability and maintainability, not just how it looks on launch day.
Technical capabilities
For the technically minded, or anyone checking I can work with what you already have.
Strongest technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, NestJS, React, Next.js, AWS, REST APIs, SQL databases, PHP, Python and Django
| Area | What it’s for | Technologies |
|---|---|---|
| Back end | Business logic, services and the systems behind an app | Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript, Go, PHP, Laravel, Symfony, Python, Django |
| APIs and integrations | Connecting your software to other software | REST API design, Third-party API integration, Event-driven messaging (Kafka), Background jobs and queues |
| Front end | What your users see and use | React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Redux, Responsive layouts, Tailwind CSS |
| Databases | Storing your data safely and finding it quickly | PostgreSQL, SQL, NoSQL databases, Redis, MikroORM, TypeORM |
| Cloud and infrastructure | Hosting and running it reliably | AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, Production deployments |
| Security and quality | Making sure it works, and keeps working | Authentication and authorisation, Secure application design, Automated testing, Debugging, Performance work, Ongoing maintenance |
About
I’m a senior full-stack software engineer in London, and I’ve spent more than 7 years building and looking after software that real businesses depend on.
That’s ranged from websites I’ve built single-handed, to commercial platforms in production where I worked in a senior engineering team, to AlignCV, a product I designed, built and run myself.
I’m strongest on the back end: the APIs, data and business rules everything else relies on. But I deliver whole products, interface included, and I care about the parts clients rarely see — whether the software solves the actual problem, whether the next developer can understand it, and whether it can grow with the business.
I’ll tell you plainly what something will take. And if something isn’t worth building, I’ll tell you that too.
Track record
Earlier in my career I worked as an engineer on a sportsbook product that reportedly achieved around €5 million in turnover in its first quarter. That was a result for the whole business and team; my part was the engineering.
Before any build starts, we agree what's included, what isn't, and what it costs.
If I'm unsure how long something will take, I'll say so, and explain why.
Regular updates and working software to try, rather than silence until a deadline.
Readable code and documentation, so you're never dependent on one person — including me.
You don’t need a technical specification. Tell me what’s getting in the way, or what you’d like to build, and I’ll come back with honest thoughts on how to approach it.