AI-augmented engineering and integration
Generative AI that earns its place in a real system, not a demo.
- AI integration patterns: retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), context engineering, agentic workflows, tool use through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- AI in delivery: Claude Code (certified), GitHub Copilot and Cursor built into how teams design, build, test and review, with guardrails.
- Governed consumption: AWS Bedrock and Azure OpenAI patterns for regulated environments.
- Doctoral grounding: a PhD in software agents and forecasting, put to practical use.
Data platforms and real-time streaming
- Lakehouses: Spark, Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg; Databricks with Unity Catalog; medallion architectures over S3, ADLS, GCS or self-hosted MinIO.
- Warehousing: Snowflake (many production deployments), Redshift, dbt, Airflow and MWAA.
- Streaming: Kafka, Kafka Streams and Kafka Connect at national-retail scale, with Schema Registry and Avro data contracts.
- Governance: RBAC, masking, lineage and GDPR-aligned access, built in from day one.
- Migrations: SQL Server to Snowflake, legacy ETL to dbt and Airflow, batch to real time, with parallel runs and rollback.
Cloud-native platforms
- Kubernetes: EKS, AKS, OpenShift and self-hosted clusters, with GitOps (Argo CD), Helm, Istio and KEDA.
- Infrastructure as code: Terraform, Ansible and CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins), with approval gates.
- Self-healing operations: observability, automated remediation and chaos testing, so platforms fix themselves at 3am.
- DevSecOps: scanning, secrets management, supply-chain controls and least-privilege by default.
Connected devices and IoT
- Hardware: custom PCBs around ESP32 and LoRa radios, power design for years on a battery, measured on the bench.
- Firmware and radio: long-range two-way radio with encryption, replay protection and over-the-air updates.
- Integration: Home Assistant, Node-RED, MQTT and the apps around the devices.
- Wearables and fitness devices: Bluetooth smart trainers, treadmills, heart-rate and power sensors, Wear OS.
Architecture and assurance
- Solution and enterprise architecture: target state, transition plans, HLDs, ADRs and options appraisals.
- Regulated delivery: design authority and Architecture Review Board experience in UK Tier 1 banking, FCA-regulated fintech and the public sector.
- Certifications: TOGAF 9.1 and Lean Six Sigma. British citizen, SC-eligible.
Engagements range from a two-week architecture review to a hands-on platform build. Tell us what you're working on.