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Ship production-grade pipelines and AI apps in weeks — not months.

Senior engineer (10+ years). Direct execution, no overhead. Faster delivery, lower cost, higher quality.

Proven results for enterprises and startups across Azure, GCP, React/Next.js, and Python/AI.

Who I Work With

Tailored solutions for different stages and needs

Startups

Ship your SaaS MVP or analytics stack in weeks. Perfect for funded startups who can't wait 6 months for a hire.

Enterprises

Modernise pipelines and cut costs on Azure/GCP. Proven to integrate with BI, finance, and ops teams.

Individuals

Build your side project or portfolio piece. Get guidance on architecture, deployment, and scaling your ideas into reality.

Services

Data Platforms

Build reliable, cost-efficient pipelines and analytics you can trust.

Key Technologies

BigQuerySnowflakeDatabricksdbtdata contractsAirflow/Dagster/Prefect

Business Outcome

Cut ETL runtime by 50–80% and reduce cloud spend by 20–40%.

SaaS & Web Apps

Ship production-ready apps in weeks, not months.

Key Technologies

Next.jsTypeScriptRLSStripe billinguser rolesauditing

Business Outcome

Launch MVPs in 2–3 weeks, >95 Lighthouse scores, sub-second TTFB.

AI & Automation

Integrate AI and automate workflows to scale without extra headcount.

Key Technologies

OpenAIAzure AIAnthropicRAG + guardrailsPython workers

Business Outcome

Reduce manual effort by 60%+ with reliable, observable jobs.

Workflow Integrations

Connect business systems so they just work together.

Key Technologies

StripeHubSpotSlackJiracustom APIsidempotent webhooks

Business Outcome

Launch multi-system workflows in 1–2 weeks, with tests + alerting.

Recent wins

Measurable results.

  • Cut ETL runtime by 70% and storage by 40% via SCD2 + blob archival.
  • Shipped multi-tenant RLS analytics in 2 weeks on Vercel.
  • Automated documentation and code quality gates with LLMs.

Pricing & engagement

Transparent pricing, rapid delivery — no hidden fees.

Hourly

£75/hr

Senior-only execution for urgent fixes, audits, or production issues.

  • Ideal for spikes and debugging
  • Clear, itemised timesheets
  • Most fixes done in a single evening

Best for: urgent fixes & audits

Sprint

£1,500(1 week)

Flat fee for a fixed scope, demo at the end.

  • Includes docs + clean handover
  • Perfect for pipeline refactors, MVP modules, or automation jobs
  • Delivered in just 1 week

Best for: teams who want fast, tangible results

Project

from £3,500

Fixed price for well-defined outcomes tied to milestones.

  • Predictable delivery with milestones
  • Transparent scope change process
  • Typical outcomes: SaaS MVPs, full data platforms

Best for: bigger initiatives with clear outcomes

Why this stays cost-effective

Speed

I deliver in days/weeks, not months.

Focus

Senior-only execution means less overhead, no hand-offs.

ROI

Typical clients cut pipeline runtime by 70% or cloud costs by 20–40% in the first sprint.

Proven speed and results

Outcome-first delivery with measurable gains.

“Replaced fragile scripts with a modern DAG, moved to BigQuery, and cut compute costs by 43% in three weeks. We finally trust our numbers.”
CTO, B2B SaaS (Series A)
“Launched our multi‑tenant SaaS MVP in 3 weeks on Next.js with Stripe billing and SSO. Performance is excellent, and we closed our first 10 customers within a month.”
Founder, Fintech startup
“Integrated GPT‑4 with our knowledge base; first‑line tickets dropped 65% and average response time halved.”
Head of Operations, Enterprise Support

Tech I Use

Modern tools for modern outcomes.

Cloud & Platforms

Azure

ADF, Functions, Serverless pipelines

GCP

BigQuery, Cloud Run

AWS

Lambda, S3, CloudFormation

Vercel

deployment, edge functions, analytics

Languages & Frameworks

Python

automation, APIs, AI integration

SQL

warehouse modelling + optimisation

Next.js + Supabase

SaaS with auth, RLS

Three.js

interactive 3D visualisations

Modern Data Stack

DuckDB

lightweight analytics engine

Polars

fast dataframe processing

dbt

data contracts + transformations

Engineering & Delivery

CI/CD

GitHub Actions, automated tests + deployments

RLS

secure multi-tenant SaaS by design

Contact

Book a free consult — get a reply within 24 hours.