Backend engineering,
from data model
to production.
I take the whole build: data model, API, interface and the servers it runs on.
Node.js with Express, PHP with Laravel, Angular, Ionic and MySQL — delivered by one engineer who is still accountable after launch.
Every engagement starts with one question: what has to be running in production, and by when? The answer decides the architecture, not the other way round.
Platforms, APIs and real-time
— built, deployed and
supported by one engineer.
Custom Web Platforms
Web applications built end to end — data model, backend, interface, deployment. One engineer accountable from scope to production.
APIs & Backend Systems
REST APIs designed to be integrated against — versioned contracts, clear errors, and reliability that holds under real use.
Business Systems — ERP, CRM & LMS
Domain systems from real delivery practice — ERP, CRM, LMS, commerce and POS flows modelled so the rules survive change.
Auth & Business Logic
Digital authentication, permissions and server-side workflows — access that is genuinely enforced, not a login form alone.
Real-Time Systems & Meetings
Live presence, events and video meetings on WebSockets and Socket.io — including a custom meeting solution built from scratch.
Delivery & Handover
Deployments to servers you own, plus the docs and walkthroughs that let your team run everything without me.
Ways to work
with me
2 weeks
For teams who inherited a system, or are about to scale one, and need an honest read before committing budget.
- Full review of the codebase, database schema and infrastructure as they stand today.
- Written findings ranked by risk, with the reasoning and the evidence behind each one.
- A target architecture and a staged migration path you can execute incrementally.
- Security, performance and data-integrity problems called out explicitly, not softened.
- A walkthrough call with your team, plus written answers to the follow-up questions.
- Not included: implementation, refactoring or bug fixes. This engagement produces the plan, not the code.
4 weeks
For getting one real slice of the product designed, built, tested and running in production.
- A discovery week that ends in a written scope, a data model and acceptance criteria.
- One agreed slice built to production quality: a feature, an API, an integration or a module.
- Automated tests over the paths that carry money, permissions and personal data.
- A tested build with documented release steps, deployed to infrastructure you own.
- Source in your repository from the first commit, with full intellectual property transfer.
- Handover: architecture notes, a deployment runbook and a walkthrough with your team.
- Not included: open-ended scope changes mid-sprint. New requirements are scoped into the next one.
per month
For teams that need senior engineering judgement continuously, without hiring a full-time lead.
- Architecture ownership: I make and document the technical decisions your team builds on.
- Code review on every pull request, with the reasoning explained rather than a bare approval.
- Mentoring for your developers: pairing, standards, and turning tribal knowledge into written practice.
- Release management: documented pipelines, deployment cadence, incident response and rollback procedures.
- Hiring support: technical screening and take-home review while you grow the team.
- An agreed number of days per month, booked in advance, on a rolling monthly commitment.
- Not included: full-time availability, or delivering a whole roadmap myself. That is a Build Sprint.
From discovery to production,
one clear step at a time
Discovery
and scope
Architecture
and data design
Build
and ship
Support
and scale
Every engagement runs the same four stages, with the decisions written down and a review at the end of each one.
You always know what is being built, what it depends on, and what is left.
