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Profile

Hands-on Technical Lead / Senior Engineer with 25+ years of experience helping startups, SMEs and enterprise teams ship and scale web products that are fast, maintainable and commercially effective.

Strong track record of joining teams mid-flight to stabilise delivery, improve engineering quality and accelerate roadmap execution. Experienced across frontend platforms, backend systems, API integrations and cloud delivery, with a pragmatic approach to architecture, debugging, developer experience and technical leadership.

Most effective in roles that need someone to combine deep implementation capability with technical ownership: reducing complexity, unblocking teams, raising standards and delivering reliably in high-friction environments.

Preferred stack: Laravel, Livewire, PHP, TypeScript, Node.js, Vue.js, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS

Core Expertise

• Technical leadership and architecture
• Hands-on full-stack engineering
• Backend systems, APIs and integrations
• Frontend platforms using Vue.js and modern SPA/PWA patterns
• Delivery stabilisation and roadmap acceleration
• CI/CD, release engineering and developer experience
• Mentoring engineers and raising engineering standards
• Cross-functional delivery across product, engineering and stakeholders

Professional Experience

The49.com

Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer (Contract)

Apr 2022 – Apr 2026