Expertise
Technology supports the story. The matrix shows where each capability was earned, and the tools come last.
Capabilities by role
| Capability | Carrier networks | Voice services | Communications | Media publishing | Yippify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401Engineering leadership | Practiced | Led | Led | Led | Led |
| 402Product engineering | Not a focus | Practiced | Led | Led | Led |
| 403Software architecture | Practiced | Practiced | Led | Led | Led |
| 404Cloud & infrastructure | Led | Led | Led | Practiced | Led |
| 405Government technology | Not a focus | Not a focus | Not a focus | Not a focus | Led |
| 406AI & data | Not a focus | Not a focus | Not a focus | Practiced | Led |
| 407Hands-on engineering | Led | Practiced | Led | Practiced | Led |
Engineering leadership
I set direction, make the calls, and build teams that keep shipping after I step back.
What I do
- Architecture decisions and technical strategy
- Mentoring engineers and growing leads
- Scaling teams and delivery process
- Cross-functional work with product, QA and executives
Product engineering
Product work: web and mobile applications people actually use, built to keep changing.
What I do
- Web and mobile product delivery
- Front-end architecture and performance
- Accessible, testable interfaces
Tools
React, Next.js, TypeScript, Python, Django, Ruby on Rails
Software architecture
Systems whose boundaries follow the business, and that fail in ways you can reason about.
What I do
- API and service design
- Event-driven systems and messaging
- Data modelling and caching
- Incremental migration of legacy systems
Tools
REST APIs, Microservices, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis
Cloud & infrastructure
Infrastructure as code, pipelines that make releasing boring, and costs that follow revenue.
What I do
- Multi-region deployment and routing
- Reliability, capacity and cost planning
- Security as a release gate
- CI/CD and environment automation
Tools
AWS, ECS, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD
Government technology
Public services where accessibility, security and hand-over are requirements, not extras.
What I do
- Incremental modernization of services the public relies on
- Accessibility (WCAG) and security as release gates
- Procurement-aware delivery and agency hand-over
Tools
Python, Django, React, AWS, Terraform
AI & data
LLMs used where they are reliable, with people and evaluation where they are not.
What I do
- LLM integrations and retrieval (RAG)
- Document processing pipelines
- ML-backed product features
- Workflow automation
Tools
LLM APIs, RAG, Vector search, Python
Hands-on engineering
I still write code: prototypes, reviews, and the hard parts of the build.
What I do
- Prototyping the riskiest part first
- Code review for judgement, not only style
- Debugging production across the stack
Tools
Python, TypeScript, SQL, Docker