Lead Product Engineer

I can lead the build and write the code.

I join your team to clarify what needs building, choose the architecture and ship it. I stay involved through release and operation, so technical decisions stay connected to the product and the business.

I also bring hands-on growth experience: acquiring users, finding and testing new revenue streams, and improving business processes. I can take responsibility for the commercial approach and connect it to the product changes, code and day-to-day work needed to deliver it.

Contract work is the priority. I’m available to join an existing team for a defined area of ownership, onsite in London or remotely. I’m also open to selected permanent roles where the ownership and problem are a strong fit.

Product delivery and technical leadership

Use this route when a product area needs somebody to turn a difficult requirement into software people can use, with responsibility for architecture, implementation and production quality.

The work stays hands-on across TypeScript, React, APIs, data pipelines, AI-enabled features and the production systems around them.

Selected work

3 projects

RaceMakeLive telemetry and analysis for sim racersInterim technical lead · Led architecture, team and deliveryView project →Indy.aiFreelance opportunity discovery for ContraProduct engineering · Built the extension and discovery pipelineView project →PatriannaGames for a social-casino platformStudio leadership · Hired the team and shipped five games to 1M playersView project →

• RaceMake: interim engineering leadership across desktop and web products, architecture and telemetry pipelines.
• Contra / Indy.ai: a browser extension and opportunity-discovery pipeline delivered for an existing product team.
• Patrianna: built a game studio and led frontend, game-development and QA colleagues.

User acquisition, revenue and growth systems

I can help find your next source of growth, from reaching new customers to testing a new revenue stream or improving activation and retention. I work across the commercial decisions, campaigns, product changes and business processes needed to make it work.

The work can include paid and organic acquisition, conversion experiments, monetisation, onboarding and lifecycle campaigns, supported by analytics, attribution, API integrations and automation.

Selected work

2 projects

HogsendLifecycle messaging for software teamsFounder & CTO · Built the product, journey engine and cloud platformView project →Dinners With FriendsHosted dinners that help people make friendsCTO · Built the brand, booking platform, apps and search programmeRead case study →

• Vouchernaut: founded and operated an affiliate business, connecting automated offer data and landing pages to organic customer acquisition.
• Reach Robotics: owned go-to-market strategy, acquisition, ecommerce, customer success and measurement for MekaMon.
• GrowthRunner: tooling to record customer journeys and make tracking QA repeatable.
• Hogsend: customer identity, behavioural events and lifecycle journeys implemented in code.
• Dinners With Friends: product, payments, acquisition and measurement for an operating events business.

How the engagement works

For a contract, we agree the product area, decisions I own, working pattern, start point and review points before starting. I work in the team’s existing tools and leave decisions, tests and handover material where the team can use them.

In her public review,Contra’s Allison Nulty highlighted my communication, adaptability and suggestions that improved the feature beyond their expectations. That’s the contribution I aim to make: help the team find a better approach and take responsibility for delivering it.

For a permanent role, we should agree the focus, responsibilities and how existing independent projects are handled before the start date.

Explore the full career and selected work