August 2025 - present
Principal Software Engineer
Technical strategy and cross-functional delivery across critical backend systems. Backend Guild leadership, platform migrations and collaboration with product and infrastructure.
25+ years of software development experience
I’m a principal software engineer based in Sydney, Australia.
I have more than 20 years of PHP experience, with expert knowledge of PHP 8 and Symfony for web applications, APIs and backend systems.
My experience includes backend platforms powering data on more than 100,000 global companies, helping retail investors make informed decisions.
My work connects architecture, production operations and commercial needs: GraphQL federation, billing and subscriptions, infrastructure security and platform interoperability.
I also build agentic AI software with Python and Pydantic AI, bringing a platform engineer’s perspective to a fast-moving field.
Timeline.
June 2018 - August 2025
Senior Backend Software Engineer
Building scalable backend services, operating cloud infrastructure and delivering database, platform and application migrations.
Tools of the trade.
AWS · Kubernetes · Terraform · Docker · GraphQL · REST · PHP 8 / Symfony · Node.js / TypeScript · Python / Pydantic AI · RabbitMQ · SQL · Stripe · Datadog