The one who owns the whole service.

.NETC# microservicesDataMongoDB including vector search, DynamoDBCI/CDGitHub Actions reusable workflows across dozens of reposCloudAWS SQS, Parameter Store, Route 53, Serverless Lambda with provisioned concurrency, EventBridge, API Gateway WebSockets, TerraformAI agentsAI agents since around 2023; MCP server for the public APIalso Git, Stripe subscriptions, Zapier public API integration

• Write and maintain C# microservices on AWS Lambda, including provisioned concurrency, on a fully serverless estate with no servers of its own, and extend it in Terraform.
• Led and built, end to end:
  • The whole subscriptions microservice behind Brafton's SaaS, Stripe integration included.
  • The public API, with a Zapier integration and an MCP server that lets AI assistants use it.
  • Agents that write, review, test and verify the team's code, then see it through CI.
  • Serverless WebSockets through API Gateway.
  • Brafton's EventBridge implementation.
  • Reusable GitHub Actions, now used by dozens of repos across the estate.
• Owned several other projects, down to the Angular libraries the front end uses to call them.
• Part of the team building agents for Brafton's users since around 2023, on in-house AI frameworks built on existing models.

.NETC#Front endWebForms until 2020, Vue.js from 2020DataMSSQLCI/CDCodePipeline and CodeBuild until 2020, GitHub Actions from 2020CloudAWS CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, EC2, Lambdaalso Git (moved from Subversion), jQuery

• Pitched, designed and built continuous integration with automatic deploys to a test environment, on AWS and tied into Jira for release versioning. Later moved it to GitHub Actions.
• Migrated the codebase from Subversion to Git and trained the team.
• Built a Microsoft Teams incident bot, inspired by Monzo's, designed to run incidents and keep the company informed.
• Rebuilt the ClariNet LS permissions system for fine-grained control.
• Integrated jExcel (a JavaScript spreadsheet library), maintained a fork and sent the improvements upstream.

.NETVB.NET and C#Front endWebFormsDataMSSQLCI/CDBambooalso Git (moved from Subversion), Ansible

• Lead developer on Pearson's Think Future, a Professional Services build that connected young people with careers advisers.
• Developed the core Contensis product and shared ownership of its Bamboo CI with a colleague.
• Led the move from Subversion to Git and defined the branching model.
• Wired the build status into Hue bulbs, so the office could see a broken build from across the room.
• Presented Contensis features at user groups and at Zengenti's Rocket conference.

.NETVB.NETFront endWebFormsDataMSSQLalso jQuery

• Built client sites end to end, from Photoshop designs to VB.NET, for Thomas Cook, Quanticate and Celtic Manor ahead of the 2010 Ryder Cup.
• Converted Thomas Cook's Brochure Store from single-brand to multi-brand with minimal downtime.
• Built Quanticate's helpdesk and payment gateway systems.