Resume

Rainforest Automation • Vancouver, BC, Canada

Spirit Protocol • USA & Europe

Founding engineer at an early-stage AI platform startup. Owned technical architecture end-to-end, working directly with founders, artists, and investors.

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

Bright Moments • Los Angeles, CA

Built the core event platform for a generative art company. Supported live events across 7 countries in a 3-person engineering team.

• • Migrated from Docker/AWS to Vercel, reducing CI/CD times by 95%
• • Rebuilt web app from React to Next.js, improving load times by ~90%
• • Implemented RBAC for proprietary display software shipped to ~50 users
• • Delivered 15+ live art auctions with zero delays, supporting $10M+ in artist revenue
• • Cut infrastructure costs by decommissioning a $1K/month database and consolidating services

Vandebron • Amsterdam, NL

Refactored core energy and billing platform in a regulated environment.

• • Delivered a JSConf India talk on GraphQL Microservices

AND Digital • London, UK

Application engineer on the Insurwave platform in a consultancy setting.

• • Led five internal SOLID principles workshops for groups of 15+ engineers

Sycous Ltd • Leeds, UK

Maintained a production billing platform and contributed to the UK smart meter rollout.

• • Reduced database query times from 10+ minutes to under 30 seconds
• • Built an online payments portal via Worldpay, improving customer self-service by ~33%

Henry Pye • Shrewsbury, UK

Built websites and digital systems for local businesses.

• • Introduced integrated POS and reporting systems for a retailer, doubling operational productivity

Arqiva • Winchester, UK

Leeds, UK

BSc (1st class), Computer Science