software engineer — london
Nearly five years across web platforms, cloud infrastructure, and AI systems — currently shipping RAG and AI-agent workflows on SJR's GX Manager.
who i am
I am a London-based Software Engineer with nearly five years of experience building web applications, internal tools, cloud-native systems, and AI-enabled product features across startup, consultancy, and research environments.
Since May 2025 I have worked across SJR's GX Manager stack, modernising infrastructure, improving question latency from roughly 25 seconds to 8 seconds, supporting the product's first-client launch, and developing advanced image-processing features in collaboration with Microsoft.
My broader work spans Python, JavaScript, Vue, Go, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, AWS, and Azure AD B2C. I am especially interested in reliable software delivery, developer tooling, pragmatic automation, RAG systems, and AI-agent workflows.
View my resumeexperience — sjr, 2025 onwards
the product
GX Manager builds dynamic conversion experiences on RAG and AI-agent workflows. When I joined SJR, answering a single question took around 25 seconds — too slow for the product to feel alive.
25squestion latency at the start
the work
I modernised the platform infrastructure end to end — application code, delivery, and the path a question takes through the stack — cutting per-question latency to roughly 8 seconds.
8squestion latency after the work
the proof
The product launched with its first client, and I built advanced image-processing features in collaboration with Microsoft along the way.
1stclient launch supported
personal projects
A personal-finance dashboard fed by real account data over UK Open Banking (TrueLayer), with monthly budget vs actual, balance trends, recurring outgoings, and a privacy mode for screen-sharing.
The demo sleeps after ~12 idle hours — one click and about 30 seconds wakes it.
An aggregator that watches London to Fortaleza fares across airlines using advanced scraping and multiple APIs, with pattern recognition to flag genuinely cheap fares rather than noisy price drops.
An aggregation and tracking tool for the job hunt — currently being built. Notes and a demo will land here once it is ready to show.
A personal knowledge base that ingests my notes, docs, and bookmarks into a local RAG system I can query in natural language. Early days — write-ups will follow as it takes shape.
archive — where i started
Initiated and led the development of a social media platform that is architected around the connection of people through videogames.
Small MVP project where I had the opportunity to heavily contribute to the front end and part of the back end, developed using Ruby on Rails 6.
A marketplace for videogames that was rapidly developed by myself and a small team in just a few days.
A short project that showcases cocktails and allows the user to edit and create their own.
notes & write-ups
Notes from rebuilding my portfolio on Astro: why static-first won, what content collections replace, and the traps I hit along the way.
Read notesay hello
Questions? Get in touch!