CV

As a Staff Engineer and lead of the web team, I was responsible for maintaining and evolving Dare's core ETRM (Energy Trading and Risk Management) system — a complex, data-intensive platform handling real-time trading data via WebSockets and NATS messaging. I also led development on their Electron-based desktop application, ensuring a consistent and reliable experience across both web and desktop surfaces.

A significant part of my role was building a new component library from the ground up, bringing visual and functional consistency across the product suite. I also introduced and championed improved testing practices and CI/CD workflows to raise the overall quality and confidence of releases across the team.

Working across multiple concurrent client projects, I delivered front-end engineering across a diverse range of financial products. This included a cryptocurrency exchange platform for Tradeblock, investment banking applications for Commerzbank and Clearwater Analytics, and a full React app rebrand for Cappitech. Each project required quickly getting up to speed with an existing codebase and delivering quality work within tight timelines.

Part of a strong contractor team rebuilding Rostr 2.0 — a comprehensive music industry database often described as "the IMDB for music". I contributed to delivering a performant, well-tested application using Remix, which brought server-side rendering and improved data loading patterns compared to the previous version.

Contributed to two of Babylon's core internal platforms — a patient and clinician management tool for staff, and a clinical consultation interface used by NHS GPs and other healthcare professionals. Both were complex, high-stakes React applications with robust testing strategies and strict release processes, given the sensitive nature of the domain.

I also played a key role in an architectural migration project, converting both applications into a micro-frontend architecture using single-spa — improving scalability and enabling teams to work more independently on each surface.

As lead front-end engineer, I guided a small team to ship two full applications within nine months, alongside a continuous stream of user-facing features and iterative improvements. The platform served both internal and external clients, requiring careful attention to usability and reliability across a varied user base.

The tech stack was notably broad — spanning a GraphQL and Hasura backend, Firebase for authentication, functions and hosting, and a rich front-end built with React, Radix UI and Nivo charts — and I was responsible for making sound architectural decisions across all of it.

In just seven weeks, I built a bespoke component library from scratch and completed a full platform migration from Shopify to Gatsby, delivering the relaunch on time ahead of a crowdfunding round that went on to be very successful. The tight deadline and high stakes made this one of the more intense and rewarding contracts of my career.

A series of short contracts spanning fintech, local government, and e-commerce: contributing to internal and external applications at fintech startup Club View; maintaining three in-house web applications for Hackney City Council via Digi2al; and delivering e-commerce features for doTERRA's marketplace via WQA.

Delivered two significant pieces of work during my time at Curve: a web component for their Samsung Pay Card integration, and the first version of Curve's web design system — which went on to underpin the full redevelopment of curve.com, their public-facing website. It was a great opportunity to establish front-end foundations that would scale across the company's web presence.

Started as lead developer across various projects before joining the core team behind the "Equals Go" card — one of the company's flagship products. A highlight of this contract was designing and building the "Fuji" design system, which was adopted across all of the company's web applications including React Native, demonstrating its versatility and the quality of its foundations.

Brought in to lead and grow Nimbletank's web platform team, I was responsible for both hands-on engineering and broader technical leadership. This included front-end development across complex single-page and server-rendered React applications, composing technical approach documents, contributing to pitch preparation and presentations, and establishing a robust code review process that raised the quality bar across the team.

Spent five years at TMW, progressing from Creative Technologist through to Creative Technology Lead — a trajectory that reflects both my technical growth and increasing leadership responsibilities. As scrum master and lead developer across a wide range of projects, I delivered global brand sites (including barilla.com), games, apps and interactive prototypes for major clients. I also consulted as Creative Technology Lead for Navigate Unlimited during this period.

Championed a modern, standards-based development approach across a range of web projects, leading both the front-end engineering and design work.

Prior to specialising in front-end engineering, I worked as a freelance web designer and developer, and as an Assistant Cameraman on UK film and TV productions. This varied background — spanning technical, creative, and production disciplines — informed the broad, user-focused approach I bring to engineering today.