I'm an entrepreneur and software engineer based in London, UK. Since 2015 I've built digital products and led technical teams at early-stage startups.
I've been coding since I was 12, when I built my first website and online game, SquaresGame, using Macromedia Flash MX and PHP 4 ❤️️
What do you do?
I co-run Basejam, a platform for booking the best company retreat venues across Europe.
I help startups and indie businesses improve their technical architecture, confidently hire a technical team, and automate their marketing processes.
Who do you work with?
My freelance clients are usually angel-funded startups or bootstrapped indie businesses.
Experience
- Basejam [co-founded]
The go-to platform for company retreat venues
- Saint Storage [freelance/contract]
Summer storage platform for students
- Greenpixie [founding team]
Carbon measurement for the cloud
- HeyMirza [head of engineering]
Childcare access platform for workplaces
- MadeBySphere [co-founded]
Ecommerce design and build agency
- Boxmove [freelance/contract]
Ecommerce platform for charity shops
- inCase [senior engineer]
White-label client communication app for law firms
- Public Health England [software engineer]
Active10 walking app for government health initiative with the University of Sheffield
How I can help 🚀
- Technical architecture and direction
Plans for your next major release, but unsure how to get there? I help clients plan what tech they need, what they don't, and how to pull it all together.
- AWS for startups
Diagnose issues, connect to external platforms, improve reliability, and reduce unnecessary costs.
- Building an initial technical team
Help hiring the right people for an initial technical team.
- Marketing automation
Writing and running highly targeted cold email campaigns and follow-ups. Automated and personalised client communication. All tech/automation included.
- Automation of internal processes
Calendar full of recurring manual tasks? Let's write some automated scripts.
If we work together we'll usually start with an audit of your current setup. Based on your goals, we'll choose the best way for me to help.
I'm currently providing free 1-hour consultancy sessions on any of the above areas. Book a call.
Software engineering 🛠️
I have experience in many languages and architectures. I lean towards the following technologies: Ruby on Rails, Typescript, React, Node.js and Postgres.
I'm particularly experienced in connecting new architectures to legacy systems, to quickly put new versions in front of users.