I build dependable web applications, from the database to the browser.

I founded Vantara Labs, a UK software company that builds and runs its own web products, alongside my role at TheTin. I do the engineering end to end: product code, infrastructure, billing, releases and operations.

• Manage every Google Cloud project, IAM binding, budget alert, Cloudflare DNS record and the Stripe product catalogue as code in Terraform, with a reviewed plan for every change
• Deploy from GitHub Actions with keyless Workload Identity Federation instead of long-lived service-account keys
• Built the company website (vantaralabs.co.uk) as a statically generated Nuxt site with a Firebase contact function
• Run a self-hosted knowledge and memory service for the AI coding agents I work with, reachable only over a private Tailscale network

• Nuxt
• Vue.js
• TypeScript
• Firebase
• Google Cloud
• PostgreSQL
• Terraform
• Stripe
• Cloudflare
• GitHub Actions

Key member of the backend team building and maintaining a suite of client-facing products. Lead several legacy-to-modernisation projects (incl. full migration from .NET Framework to current .NET versions), drive cost-optimised cloud hosting solutions and own the release pipeline end-to-end.

• Migrated a mission-critical legacy app to modern .NET and GitHub Actions, cutting build-and-deploy time from hours to minutes
• Designed and implemented hosting changes that trimmed cloud spend by >30 %, then documented the approach for future projects
• Took ownership of multiple existing applications, stabilising defect backlog and improving maintainability
• Regularly liaise with project managers to turn client requirements into technical deliverables

• C#
• ASP.NET
• .NET Core / .NET 8
• SQL Server
• Git (GitHub & Bitbucket)
• GitHub Actions
• Vue.js
• Node.js
• TypeScript
• SCSS
• Azure

Developed scalable SaaS solutions for the automotive industry in a fast-moving agile environment. Split time between core feature work and the dedicated Software Security team, integrating automated security checks and driving compliance initiatives.

• Piloted and rolled out security-scanning tools in the CI pipeline, catching critical issues pre-production
• Facilitated cross-team compliance workshops that closed multiple audit gaps ahead of deadline
• Actively practised and promoted pair-programming, boosting code quality and knowledge-sharing

• C#
• ASP.NET
• .NET Core
• PostgreSQL
• SQL Server
• Cassandra
• Angular 2+ / AngularJS
• Node.js
• TypeScript
• SCSS / Bootstrap
• SVN → Git migrations
• CI/CD (Azure DevOps)
• Jira
• TDD / Unit, E2E & Integration testing

Side projects I build to learn things properly, from Discord and Telegram bots to real-time web apps.

• Built LightBot, a sharded Discord music bot with a companion website for controlling playback (2018–2020)
• Built ScreenShare, a peer-to-peer WebRTC app where everyone in a room can stream several screens at once (2019–2021)
• Co-wrote Planning Poker, an open-source real-time estimation table for agile teams (2022)

• Node.js
• Angular
• TypeScript
• WebRTC
• Socket.io
• Discord.js
• SQLite
• Docker