A little bit more about me...
I am a hands-on Principal Engineer and Technical Leader with over 10 years of experience delivering high-impact, enterprise-grade software architectures across fintech, eCommerce, insurance, and government sectors. Expert across the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), uniquely positioning core distributed systems expertise alongside bleeding-edge GenAI/ LLM production implementation. Proven capability in leading cross-functional teams, driving technical roadmaps, and architecting scalable backend systems, event-driven microservices, and robust cloud infrastructure. Pragmatic leader who bridges the gap between deep technical code execution and strategic stakeholder alignment.
The latest version of my CV is available to download here.
The Professional Arc
VP GenAI Tech Lead / Principal Engineer
CitiBank
Architecting and delivering scalable GenAI/LLM systems across a critical banking application suite — including production RAG pipelines, intelligent document processing, and agentic automation flows. Leading a cross-functional team of 8+ engineers while owning technical roadmap and stakeholder alignment.
Lead Developer
RTGS.Global
Spearheaded design and delivery of an international cross-border payment platform from zero to production. Built event-driven microservices via Azure ServiceBus, GraphQL servers for live payment data, and led infrastructure modernisation from Bicep to Terraform.
Senior Developer
Moonpig
Decoupled legacy monolithic .NET APIs and rebuilt them into serverless AWS infrastructure using DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, and Lambda. Wrote and maintained 100% of cloud resources as code with modular Terraform scripts.
...and my skills
Systems, Backend & UI
Node.js, TypeScript, Python, Go (Golang), REST, GraphQL, FastAPI, React, Postgres, MongoDB
GenAI & Intelligence
LLM Integration (OpenAI, Gemini/ Vertex AI), LangFuse, MLFlow, Google ADK, Production RAG Architectures, Vector Search/ Embeddings, Agentic Workflows, Multi-step NLP
Leadership & Strategy
System Architecture, Technical Roadmap Ownership, Team Scaling & Mentorship, Stakeholder Management, Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Cloud, Infra & DevOps
AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, EC2), Azure (ServiceBus), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep), Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Charts, CI/ CD Pipelines
Cross-functional teams across fintech, eCommerce, insurance, and government.
Active Stack
- GenAI / LLM Systems
- Cloud Native (AWS / Azure)
- Event-Driven Microservices
Let's build together
Currently exploring new architecture challenges for the next generation of digital platforms.