Software Architect working on large-scale e-commerce and payments systems.

I design architectures that scale organisations, not just services — focusing on the decisions and trade-offs that shape long-term product outcomes.

What I optimise for

  • Sustainable delivery speed over short-term output
  • Clear ownership and decision-making at organisational scale
  • Architectural leverage instead of local optimisation

Where I focus

  • Platform and integration architectures — API-first, event-driven, designed for change
  • Architecture governance and standards as organisational leverage
  • Framing architectural decisions in terms of product impact and long-term optionality

How I Work

  • Lead through influence, not authority — aligning teams across reporting lines
  • Translate technical trade-offs into business decisions, and vice versa
  • Move comfortably between code review and C-level strategy conversations
  • Bring a product lens to architecture — technology serves outcomes, not roadmaps
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and turning ideas into working systems

What Engages Me

  • Problems where architecture and organisation are tightly coupled
  • Systems that have outgrown teams’ ability to reason about them
  • Environments where I can shape direction, not just execute