The sort of thing I get up to
- Cloud and backend Backend services, APIs, internal platforms and automation tooling in Python and JavaScript. AWS Lambda, ECS/Fargate, Docker, CloudFormation and CI/CD, from first requirements to running in production.
- Data and automation Scheduled ETL and automation workflows with PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Redshift, pandas and Prefect. Preparing warehouse data for reporting, applications and the people who rely on it.
- Reliability Unit and integration tests, CI quality checks, linting, CloudWatch monitoring, Slack alerting, exception tracking and structured error handling. Systems that tell you when something is wrong.
Experience
- GoDaddy · Software engineer
- Working across software engineering, marketing technology and internal platforms: migrating legacy Google Apps Script systems into Python and AWS, building automation and data tooling for marketing teams, running Lambda and containerised services, and contributing to LLM integrations and company-wide MCP services.
- Digital marketing and e-commerce · E-commerce Manager
- Promoted twice to E-commerce Manager. Alongside paid media, several in-house websites and international expansion, much of the job was programming, automation and data analysis, and it contributed to substantial year-over-year sales growth.
Web stack: Node.js, Express, FastAPI, Vue, React, TypeScript and PHP, with a stronger focus on backend and systems work than frontend.
Freelance software work
I'm available for freelance projects, especially where a business has an operational problem that needs a dependable system built around it.
- Backend services, APIs and internal tools
- AWS builds and migrations: Lambda, ECS/Fargate, Docker, infrastructure as code
- Moving spreadsheet and Apps Script processes into proper Python services
- Data pipelines, ETL and reporting with BigQuery, Redshift or PostgreSQL
- Testing, CI, monitoring and alerting for systems that already exist
- LLM integrations and MCP services
Hobbies and interests
I'm a big music fan, particularly bands like The Beatles, The Smiths and The Kinks, but I also love a lot of Soul and Motown, and lots besides. I often attempt these songs on my guitar, to the dismay of my neighbours, dog and wife.
I'm also learning Spanish at a snail's pace. I understand a good few words, but I can't understand anything people say back to me, unfortunately.
I'm also into baking and growing herbs, though the twain seldom meet.