I'm a builder with 25+ years of software experience who thinks strategically while staying hands-on. I've gone from developer to Director of Engineering, co-founded a startup, and shipped everything from BAFTA-winning platforms to production AI tooling. I help turn ideas into working products. Figure out what to build, then build it.
AI Engineering · 0-to-1 Product Builds · Architecture & Technical Strategy
Flowcase — Tech Lead, Data & Integrations — Building the integrations and data tooling that directly unblock revenue and speed up customer onboarding.
Clue — Developer → Director of Engineering — Hired as a contract developer, grew to Director of Engineering. Introduced technical practices that let the team ship with confidence.
Peppy Health — Senior Engineer — Built technology to enable a team of practitioners to deliver care at scale in a high-compliance health-tech environment.
Digital Music Startup — Technical Cofounder — Built the technical foundation: large-scale audio transcoding, media metadata management, and solved licensing and distribution challenges.
CTVC / TrueTube — Lead Developer — Built the first ever online platform to win Channel of the Year at the BAFTA Children's Awards.
Kendraio Foundation — Research Consultant and Lead Developer — Navigated three EU-funded, multi-stakeholder research programmes spanning P2P, decentralised, and blockchain technologies.
Product Engineer I build things that get used. Side projects with real users, platforms that win awards, tools that outlast the contract. I've introduced practices that stuck long after I left. I think in products and outcomes, not features and tickets.
AI with engineering discipline. I ship production AI tooling, not demos. Built to be robust, with proper observability, guardrails, and context management.
Architectural clarity. Boring technology where it works, modern tools where they genuinely help.
Based in Brighton, UK (London commutable) · Remote-first · Building on the web since the late 90s, contracting since 2007 · Contact me to discuss availability: cv@daz.is