Resume

Spirit Protocol • USA & Europe

Founding engineer on an early-stage AI platform startup. Owned end-to-end technical architecture across protocol design, backend systems, and product delivery. Worked directly with founders, artists, and investors; supported live deployments and technical launch of an autonomous AI agent at Paris Photo.

• • Took product from concept to production: protocol design, smart contracts, backend systems, and front-end integrations
• • Led investor technical diligence and system walkthroughs, resulting in $250K in seed funding
• • Built and operated production systems handling real financial transactions, with full observability and on-call ownership
• • Designed, built & executed an online art auction raising $200k in capital, increasing our runway by months

Bright Moments • Los Angeles, CA

Built and maintained the core Bright Moments event platform used for ticketing, on-site engagement, and community interaction. Supported live generative art events across 7 countries with 500+ attendees, providing in-person technical support and ensuring production readiness. Worked as a web engineer in a 3-person team, owning backend systems for proprietary display technology and cloud infrastructure. Led internal testing workshops and delivered on Web3 wallet security best practices.

• • Led migration from Docker-based AWS infrastructure to Vercel, reducing CI/CD times by 95% by eliminating manual deployment steps and introducing GitHub-driven automation
• • Rebuilt and continuously evolved the Bright Moments web app, refactoring from React to Next.js and improving page and content load times by ~90% through SSR, server-side data fetching, and payload optimization
• • Designed and implemented role-based access control (RBAC) for proprietary display software, enabling shipment of an experimental consumer product for at-home art display which had ~50 active users
• • Delivered 15+ live art auctions with zero start-time delays, supporting $10M+ in artist revenue
• • Identified and executed infrastructure cost reductions within two weeks, including decommissioning a $1K/month database instance and consolidating redundant services

Vandebron • Amsterdam, NL

Contributed to and refactored Vandebron's core energy and billing platform in a regulated production environment. Collaborated closely with customer support and product teams to translate real user issues into platform improvements.

• • Delivered a JSConf India talk about GraphQL Microservices, reaching a global audience of over 100

AND Digital • London, UK

Frontend and application engineer on the Insurwave platform in a consultancy environment.

• • Led internal "lunch and learn" workshops, delivering five sessions on the SOLID principles to groups of 15+ engineers, becoming a go-to resource for clean code and maintainability within the team

Sycous Ltd • Leeds, UK

Worked on Mabdeck, a production billing platform, maintaining and refactoring existing systems and fixing bugs in a data-heavy, regulated environment. Contributed to the digital meter readings pipeline, supporting the rollout of smart meter technology in the UK and improving performance and reliability of meter data processing.

• • Improved performance of the meter readings system, reducing database query times from 10+ minutes to under 30 seconds by optimizing SQL queries, joins, indexing strategies and virtual tables
• • Built an online payments portal using Worldpay, enabling customers to pay bills online via debit card and improving customer self-service and satisfaction by an estimated 33% based on internal support feedback tracking

Henry Pye • Shrewsbury, UK

Worked with local businesses to introduce and implement digital systems, building websites, web applications, and providing hands-on technical support. Delivered end-to-end solutions spanning backend development, databases, and customer-facing web interfaces.

• • Led the introduction of integrated technology for a games retailer, connecting POS systems and consolidating reporting workflows, contributing to an estimated 100% increase in operational productivity through improved system availability, reduced manual processes, and accepting online orders via the website

Leeds, UK

BSc (1st class), Computer Science

Arqiva • Winchester, UK