Experience

Staff Software Engineer at loveholidays

November 2024 - Present

Highlights

Led accessibility strategy ahead of the European Accessibility Act by building lova11y, a site-wide scanning tool that logs and categorises violations into BigQuery and Looker, enabling measurable progress across teams.
Contributed to core web infrastructure (Kubernetes, Terraform), worked closely with vendors like Fastly and DataDome, and delivered improvements in site performance and reliability.
As learning champion, I created resources and pathways to foster continuous learning, mentoring, and upskilling across the engineering org.

Primary Technologies

Terraform
Kubernetes
Preact
Fastly
Go

Principal Engineer at AND Digital

August 2022 - Present

As a member of the Practice Group within Hamilton Club, I work across several client projects, ensuring that code quality, maintainability and security are top notch. I'm responsible for training up our developers, helping them gain the skills necessary to best support our clients. I'm always up for trying out new tech, so that I'm in a good position to choose the best tech stacks on a per-client basis.

Highlights

Led architecture and development for a high-scale white-labelled mobile app for Frasers Group, achieving 1M+ downloads and a 4.8/5 rating on app stores (React Native).
Delivered strategic technical leadership across multiple client projects including Lloyds Bank and International SOS, driving large-scale migrations to modern, maintainable stacks.
Mentored and upskilled a team of 8–12 engineers through structured mini-projects, paired programming, and technical coaching, fostering a high-growth culture.
Established and hosted a bi-weekly engineering guild attended by 40+ engineers, sharing best practices in performance, accessibility, testing, and architecture.
Acted as a bridge between delivery and engineering excellence, ensuring long-term code quality and platform resilience without compromising speed.

Clients

Primary Technologies

TypeScript
React Native
Azure

VP of Frontend Engineering at Galaxy

Jan 2021 - July 2022

Worked on real-time React-based Web3 trading application

Highlights

Directed frontend engineering for Galaxy's flagship OTC trading platform, enabling over $1B in trading volume with enterprise-grade performance and reliability.
Architected and led a full-stack modernization of legacy codebases, improving app load times by 50% and significantly reducing tech debt.
Oversaw and scaled frontend engineering strategy, standards, and execution across multiple teams, including hiring, mentoring, and tech governance.
Partnered closely with product, design, and backend leadership to deliver high-quality features at speed, with a strong focus on user experience and stability.
Advocated for open standards, accessibility, and performance as core pillars of engineering success.

Primary Technologies

React
Storybook
Cypress
Web3.js

Contract Software Engineer Lead at Freelance

February 2019 - Jan 2021

Highlights

Acted as engineering lead on high-impact React Native projects including Shell Recharge, driving delivery from design to deployment across platforms.
Built a performant, scalable component library from scratch for a UK fintech startup, establishing strong frontend architecture and design consistency.
Delivered a full-stack IoT dashboard for Machine Max, visualizing real-time CO2 and idling metrics from edge devices (Raspberry Pi + cloud stack).
Consistently embedded in client teams as a trusted lead, providing architecture reviews, CI/CD pipeline improvements, and technical mentorship.

Projects

Primary Technologies

React
React Native
TypeScript
GraphQL
GCP

Developer at Accenture

June 2014 - February 2019

After joining as an associate, I had the opportunity to work on a range of exciting client projects, each with their own challenges, his helped me to develop my skills and knowledge in a variety of areas. Over time I worked my way up to a senior role, where I could actively deliver high quality solutions to clients.

Highlights

Took lead on the 3D/AR work for the B&Q bathroom planner (Angular, A-Frame)
Lead a team of apprentices on the Accenture UKI Innovation Programme (Google Glass, React, D3.js)
Ran sessions on coding best practices, testing and observability for engineers across the business
Headed up the pair programming initiative within Accenture Digital and their clients
Also supported with the roll-out of Universal Credit (Java), Boots NHS Prescriptions integration (Node.js), E.ON Next Smart Meter portal (React) and the Post Office Kiosk Terminal

Clients

Primary Technologies

C#
Angular
Node.js
AWS

Intern at University of Oxford

June 2013 - September 2013

Worked on developing a Java application which would calculate the most effective mg of antimalarial drug, per kg or patient body weight, to prevent vaccine resistance building up. Involved dealing with millions of patient records, which were often in varying formats and units.