Work Experience
Full Stack AI Engineer
Genie X | Sep 2022 - Present | London, United Kingdom | Hybrid
I have architected and engineered the Genie X platform, in particular, Bot Genie, a Customer Support AI Agent, to automate support in a range of industries, including the beauty space. Used by dozens of companies, the software uses custom RAG pipeline & web scraping, with open source vector database, bespoke semantic caching, agentic AI patterns and LLM fallbacks. I made efforts to cut costs and streamline latency, too.
Skills: Next, React, TailwindCSS, Laravel & Tools, Vercel, AWS, Python, LangChain, OpenAI
Consultant Full Stack Software Engineer
Digital Salon | Apr 2020 - Dec 2022 | London, United Kingdom | Remote
I designed and engineered the Request Booking system for salons. The innovative software was delivered in record time and has so far processed tens of thousands of bookings worth over millions of euros in value. Despite its sophisticated nature, the software runs on SaaS autopilot.
Skills: Vue.js, Laravel, Stripe (Software), Figma (Software), Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Impact: 100,000+ bookings per year, dozens of salons
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
Shadow Foundr | May 2019 - Sep 2022 | London, United Kingdom | Hybrid
I was a senior full stack software engineer and later hands-on CTO (chief technical officer) of Shadow Foundr. I rebuilt, from the ground up, the firm's technology stack. This includes design, engineering, management and overall leadership of driving the future of one of UK's top FCA-regulated investment platforms.
Skills: Vue.js, Goji, FinTech, Greenfield Projects, Laravel, Salesforce.com, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Impact: Millions of pounds AUM, platform
Full Stack Web Developer
Fitness Data Science | Feb 2018 - May 2019 | London, United Kingdom | Hybrid
I was a full stack web developer at Fitterclub, where I designed and engineered Fitterclub's cross browser web application using Vue.js with a Laravel backend, integrated Stripe and Salesforce and setup infrastructure on AWS.
Skills: Vue.js, Laravel, Stripe (Software), Salesforce.com, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Impact: Thousands of subscribers during operation
Junior Software Engineer
Upskillist | Dec 2014 - Feb 2018 | London, England, United Kingdom | Hybrid
I was a junior software engineer for Upskillist. My primary roles included building, managing and monitoring payment systems across Stripe, Amazon Payments, Braintree, processing well over 8 figures each year. I also had played a key role in building a Chatbot that handled 40,000 learners at once.
Skills: Laravel, Stripe (Software), AngularJS, Salesforce.com, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Impact: Delivering education to millions per year
Founder
Mr. Geek (Blog) | Feb 2011 - Oct 2014 | Sheffield, England, United Kingdom | Remote
I founded Mr. Geek in my dorm while in the second year of my university. I spent no more than a 1000 hours across a few years, having generated $40,000 of revenue from ads, sponsorships, writing and reviewing gadgets. My first ever professional experience of any kind was an enterprising one.
Skills: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Trend Research, Blogging, Writing, WordPress
Impact: 250,000 unique readers in its history
Top Freelancer
Upwork | Aug 2011 - Feb 2014 | Global | Remote
I was a freelancer on Upwork while studying full time at university. This included building tiny web apps for clients and writing content for blogs. During 800 hours of part-time work, I was at one point a Top 5% earner in the ecosystem.
Skills: Writing, WordPress
Impact: Helping numerous clients go digital