From education technology to microfinance — building and operating production backend systems at scale.
Production systems and platforms I've architected and delivered — from requirements through deployment.
Designed and shipped a full-stack ERP application end-to-end — from requirements through deployment — consolidating student records, attendance, finance, and communication workflows, with notification and messaging capabilities serving the entire institution.
Designed and implemented real-time notification delivery (push, in-app) and authentication (password + biometric) subsystems within the ERP mobile and web platform, serving hundreds of daily active users.
Lead architect for a cloud-native backend system on Azure; integrated real-time data pipelines and deployed scalable backend services using high-availability design principles for agricultural optimisation.
Product-minded, full-stack engineering beyond the day job — spanning web, desktop, mobile, embedded, and game systems, applying the same reliability habits used in professional backend work.
Full-featured web client for self-hosted music libraries with real-time playback queueing and modern streaming-app UX on top of the open-source Jellyfin API.
Spotify-Wrapped-style analytics app that aggregates and visualizes a year of listening history from self-hosted media data.
Cross-platform native desktop app packaging a web media player with system tray, media-key, and OS-level integration.
Custom software bridges translating live in-game telemetry (Forza, Delta Force) into OpenRGB-controlled lighting, mapping software state to physical hardware in real time.
Protocol-translation layer connecting two otherwise incompatible RGB device ecosystems, enabling cross-vendor lighting control.
Mobile app analyzing live audio input and driving synchronized LED effects on connected hardware in real time.
Mobile audio equalizer with automatic USB-C DAC detection, applying real-time signal processing to external audio hardware.
Mobile app with map-based field mapping for tracking agricultural plots, activities, and yields.
Mobile budgeting and expense-tracking app with category-based spending insights.
First-person shooter prototype in Unity/C# covering gameplay mechanics, physics, level design, and player systems.
Multi-project repository spanning Arduino-based fan controllers, IoT lighting bridges, and automation bots — applying consistent tooling across a diverse hardware/software portfolio.
Integration bridge for Hikvision surveillance hardware alongside a real-time access-control log monitoring tool.
Interactive 3D genealogy visualization tool for exploring multi-generational family relationships.
Daily contribution history across all public repositories. Consistent delivery, every week.
Whether it's your own product or a problem your business needs solved, the method is the same. The free first conversation establishes where it applies.
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