I’m a software developer turned technical lead, with over 5 years of full-time experience across backend systems and distributed infrastructure. I began as a software developer before moving into technical management. Since then, I’ve worked on both sides of AI-assisted development: writing code alongside tools like Claude, and managing teams that use them.
I’m currently Technical Lead for Multiplayer iGaming at Black Cow Technology, where I took a platform from its early stages through to its 2025 go-live and now support it in production, powering real-money multiplayer games. I hold a Master’s (Distinction) in Data Science and a Bachelor’s (1st Class Hons) in Computer Science, both from Newcastle University.
Skills
| Technical Leadership | I took over as Technical Lead for our company’s Multiplayer Remote Gaming Server (RGS) project early into development. In this role I had to: - Communicate with customers regarding feature requests.
- Triage, scope, and design new features balancing the customer’s needs with the company’s goals.
- Write scoped technical briefs for developers, weighing what’s realistic to build against what the product actually needs.
- Review code and agree on the standard for quality across the team.
- Act as the main technical point of contact for customers, including running regular status updates during a live product launch.
- Coordinate work across teams using ClickUp and GitLab, keeping multiple internal teams in sync, and making estimated delivery dates transparent and realistic.
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| AI-Assisted Development | - I have used Claude Code daily for a year to write, review, and ship production code.
- Set standards for how the team uses Claude including code review standards, prompting practices, and how to verify LLM-generated code.
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| Backend & Distributed Systems | - Built and maintained distributed server architecture in Python, deployed via Uvicorn/Gunicorn.
- Used Redis for distributed coordination, including distributed locks to keep server instances consistent.
- Worked on re-designing the architecture for improved performance. This included migrating and redesigning core systems in Go.
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| Software Engineering | - I have primarily worked in Python, with experience in Go, R, C++, C#, Java, and PHP.
- Written unit tests as standard, following test-driven development where it fits, and used Git + GitLab day to day.
- Built performance and reconciliation testing programmes for systems handling real money.
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| Databases | - I have worked regularly with PostgreSQL and MySQL, including schema design and query optimisation.
- Normalised a SQL database holding over 400,000 records early in my career.
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| Data Science & Machine Learning | - I have built machine learning pipelines for computer vision and time series problems, using CNNs, LSTMs, and GANs.
- Familiar with: TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-learn, and Pandas.
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| Data & Visualisation | - Experience with PowerBI, R Shiny, and Matplotlib.
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Professional Experience
 Black Cow Technology | I was promoted to Technical Lead for the multiplayer server team and took the product through to its commercial go-live in May 2025. - Picked up a project that was mid-way through development and saw it through its commercial go-live.
- Ran performance and reconciliation testing to bring the server up to production standard for real-money gaming.
- Delivered a 5x performance improvement on our production server over one month of focused work with Claude.
- When the company restructured and the team shrank, I led what was left of it to finish the outstanding go-live work, relying heavily on Claude Code to compensate for the smaller team.
- In 2026, coordinated development across front end, back end, maths, QA, and server teams on a redesigned multiplayer server written in Go.
- Learned test-driven development, along with ClickUp and GitLab for project tracking and version control.
- Implemented distributed coordination in Redis, including distributed locking to keep server instances consistent.
- Worked with PostgreSQL for data persistence and query development.
- Wrote JavaScript playbots using k6 for load and integration testing.
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 Clearly Presented Ltd | - Learned basics of software development in real world scenarios.
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Education
 Newcastle University | Result: Distinction Key modules: Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Statistical Learning, Bayesian Data Analysis, Cloud Computing, Data Visualisation, Data Management, Exploratory Data Analysis. Result: 1st Class Honours Key modules: Software Engineering, Database Technology, Web Technologies, System & Network Security, Algorithm Design & Analysis, Operating Systems. |
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 Monmouth School | 2014 – 2016 A-Levels: Mathematics (A), Computing (A), Physics (C) |
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 Monmouth Comprehensive School | 2009 – 2014 13 GCSEs including Maths (A*), Statistics (A), Astronomy (A), Triple Award Science (ABB) |
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References
Available on request.
