Director / Lead Full-Stack Developer at Spideyweb (2023-02 – Present)
- Provide technical leadership, full-stack engineering and software consultancy for long-term client projects, balancing hands-on development with delivery ownership.
- Own architecture and technical planning for Laravel and Vue.js applications, including legacy modernisation, API design, database changes and deployment strategy.
- Work directly with stakeholders to turn business requirements into practical technical solutions, estimates and delivery plans.
- Lead production troubleshooting, performance improvements and technical debt reduction across business-critical systems.
- Support engineering standards through code review, mentoring, release planning and improvements to development and DevOps practices.
Full Stack Developer at Cloud8 – Digital Employee Benefits Solutions (2021-09 – 2023-02)
- Worked on the ongoing development, support and improvement of the BeamAtWork employee benefits platform, built with Laravel and React and hosted on AWS.
- Delivered new product functionality, resolved production issues and contributed to the maintainability and reliability of a live SaaS platform.
- Worked across backend, frontend and cloud-hosted application concerns in collaboration with product and engineering colleagues.
Senior Software Engineer at Helastel (2021-03 – 2021-09)
Promoted into a senior role with greater responsibility for technical delivery across client projects while remaining hands-on with software development.
- Provided technical guidance, code review and support to other developers, helping maintain coding standards and delivery quality.
- Contributed to Laravel/Vue application rebuilds, API development and large-scale database migration work.
Software Engineer at Helastel (2018-11 – 2021-03)
- Delivered bespoke software solutions for clients in a fast-paced digital agency environment using PHP, Laravel, Vue.js and relational databases.
- Built and supported APIs, modernised existing applications and collaborated with mobile teams on backend integration requirements.
- Worked on migration of large datasets into newer application structures and supported production systems across multiple client accounts.
PHP Web Developer at Sector Global (2017 – 2018)
- Developed new features and ongoing improvements for an events meeting platform using Laravel and Vue.js.
- Built third-party event-management integrations, CMS-driven event portals and single-page event websites.
- Created an advertising management system used within the platform.
PHP Web Developer at Tickbox Marketing (2015 – 2017)
- Developed and maintained a custom Laravel-based CMS, plus WordPress websites and plugins.
- Integrated third-party systems including ThankQ and supported retainer clients, maintenance work and client training.
- Built a strong grounding in commercial web development, version control and client-facing delivery.
