I'm a Backend Software Engineer based in the UK, building and maintaining production systems primarily in Python.

I enjoy designing reliable software end-to-end - from API contracts and database design through to deployment, observability, and long-term maintainability. Most of my day-to-day work involves turning business requirements into robust systems that can evolve safely over time.

Working across distributed systems and production engineering with:

• Python (FastAPI)
• PostgreSQL + SQLAlchemy
• Event-driven architecture (GCP Pub/Sub)
• Docker + Kubernetes
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions
• Infrastructure and deployment workflows

I particularly enjoy:

• API design and service boundaries
• Async workflows and event-driven systems
• Defensive testing and safe schema evolution
• Reliability, monitoring, and production troubleshooting
• Building tooling that removes manual processes

• Distributed system trade-offs
• Reliability engineering and observability
• Typed Python and maintainable architecture
• Designing systems that stay simple as they scale

Before moving into software engineering, I spent 14+ years in education and leadership roles, including Assistant Head Teacher and Data Coach positions.

That experience shaped how I work today - collaborative, pragmatic, and focused on helping teams make progress. I still enjoy mentoring aspiring developers and supporting people as they grow their technical confidence.

Always happy to connect and chat about backend engineering, systems design, or building useful things.