How I engage
Senior engineering,
on your terms.
I work with businesses, engineering teams and founders who need senior technical capability without the overhead of a permanent hire. Every engagement is different - here's how they typically take shape.
Embedded Engineering
Join your team as a senior developer, working day-to-day alongside your engineers.
This is the most common way I engage. I integrate into your existing team - joining standups, planning and retros, contributing to technical discussions, reviewing code and shipping features. I bring senior judgement without requiring management overhead.
- Feature development and system design contributions
- Code reviews that raise the quality bar across the team
- Architecture input on new capabilities and integrations
- Mentoring junior and mid-level developers
Technical Leadership
Step into a tech lead or lead developer role where technical direction is needed.
Some teams need senior technical leadership without the commitment of a permanent hire - or need cover while they recruit one. I can own the technical direction of a team or product, set standards, guide architecture decisions and keep delivery moving.
- Technical direction and architecture decisions
- Setting engineering standards and best practices
- Cross-functional collaboration with product, design and commercial teams
- Build vs. buy decisions, tooling evaluation, platform choices
Greenfield Builds
Design and deliver a new system from the ground up, with the right foundations from day one.
When you're starting something new, the decisions made in the first few weeks define the shape of the system for years. I bring the experience to get those foundations right: data models, service boundaries, authentication, deployment pipelines and everything that comes before the first feature.
- Domain modelling and data architecture
- Technology selection and infrastructure setup
- CI/CD pipelines, environments and deployment automation
- Full codebase handover with documentation and onboarding support
Legacy Modernisation
Incrementally improve an existing system that has become a bottleneck - without stopping delivery.
Every business has systems that were once fit for purpose and are now holding things back. The answer is rarely a rewrite - it's a disciplined programme of incremental improvement. I've done this across multiple organisations and know how to sequence it safely.
- Codebase audit and risk assessment
- Test coverage programme to de-risk future changes
- Strangler fig modernisation without big-bang rewrites
- Performance profiling and targeted optimisation
Honest about scope
What I don't do
I'd rather be honest about fit than take on work I'm not best placed to deliver.
- Digital marketing, SEO campaigns or social media management
- Graphic design or brand identity work
- Small website packages or template-based builds
- Single-day consultations without commitment to outcome
- Work where I can't maintain quality standards due to timeline pressure
Have a project in mind?
Tell me about what you're working on. If it sounds like a good fit, we can talk through how I'd approach it.
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