About

Software engineer. Platform builder.

I work on systems that have to survive real users, real infrastructure, and regulated environments. Then I go home and build platforms of my own.

I am a software engineer in Manchester with five-plus years across TypeScript, product surfaces, and cloud-native delivery. Right now that means serverless services on AWS, infrastructure as code, observability, and getting releases out cleanly.

Outside of employment I design and ship product platforms. AfroFind is a UK discovery platform for African and Caribbean businesses. MOMO Lens is merchant mobile-money reconciliation and operations for African SMEs: React Native and Next.js on the surface, a matching engine underneath.

The work is the same shape throughout: multi-sided systems, permissions, payments, and the production layer that has to hold.

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Software Engineer
Based
Manchester, UK
Cert
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Stack
TypeScript · Python · Node.js · AWS · React Native · Next.js

Experience

Recent roles

  1. Oct 2025 – Present

    Software Engineer

    • Deliver and maintain cloud-native, serverless infrastructure on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS) with Terraform and CDK, supporting distributed backend services in a regulated environment.
    • Build and maintain full-stack applications in TypeScript and Node.js on AWS.
    • Raise release confidence with Cypress E2E coverage and GitHub Actions pipeline work that reduced failed deployments.
    • Investigate production issues with Dynatrace and CloudWatch, using logs and metrics.
    • Build secure internal tooling and automation for operational access to customer and policy-related information, with CloudTrail for audit and security monitoring.
    • Use Linux fundamentals and TCP/IP (DNS, security groups, VPC) when deploying and troubleshooting on ECS, Lambda, and EC2.

  2. Apr 2022 – Oct 2025

    Full Stack Engineer

    Ultimate Performance

    • Designed and delivered React and Node.js applications in TypeScript across customer-facing platforms.
    • Built reusable component systems and frontend architecture patterns, cutting duplicated effort by about 30%.
    • Owned backend services and cloud infrastructure on AWS (Cognito, Lambda, S3) with API Gateway and IAM for secure API-driven architectures.
    • Improved performance and reliability across mobile and desktop, using monitoring to find and remove bottlenecks.
    • Implemented automated testing with Jest and React Testing Library.
    • Mentored junior developers and contributed to reviews and engineering practice.

  3. Nov 2021 – Apr 2022

    Web Developer

    SOS Creativity

    • Delivered custom web work in PHP, JavaScript, and WordPress.
    • Improved accessibility, SEO, and load times across client sites.
    • Worked directly with clients and designers to turn requirements into shipping software.

  4. Feb 2021 – Nov 2021

    Junior Web Developer

    Tunnel Digital

    • Built and maintained responsive client sites in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WordPress.
    • Integrated WooCommerce and custom plugins for e-commerce.
    • Worked in agile sprints across testing and delivery.

Stack

Tools

Languages

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript

Product surfaces

  • React
  • React Native
  • Next.js

Backend

  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Fastify
  • REST
  • GraphQL
  • NestJS

Cloud & delivery

  • AWS Lambda
  • API Gateway
  • DynamoDB
  • SQS
  • S3
  • Cognito
  • CDK
  • Terraform
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions

Production

  • Cypress
  • Jest
  • React Testing Library
  • Dynatrace
  • CloudWatch
  • CloudTrail

Also

  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma
  • Redis
  • Internal AI tooling
  • LLM-assisted workflows

Education

  • 2020 – 2021

    Full Stack Web Developer

    The Learning People

  • 2013 – 2016

    BSc Sport Rehabilitation

    University of Bolton

Certification

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

    Amazon Web Services