Work with me
Four ways I build and grow a business.
Pick the lane that matches where you are. Every engagement starts with a thirty-minute call and a written proposal; no retainer before we both know what the work is.
01
Founding engineer
For
A founder with a validated idea and no technical co-founder yet.
What I do
I take it from whiteboard to a production system with real users: architecture, the first build, the first hires, the first integrations.
Proof
Dahmakan at YC seed stage; Kampung Digital as co-founder and CTO; three production apps at Flux.
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Fractional CTO
For
A business with a product and a team that needs senior technical judgement a few days a month.
What I do
Roadmap, architecture decisions, vendor and partner negotiations, hiring, and the conversations with your board or bank that need an engineer in the room.
Proof
Led squads of 3 to 5; coordinated an 18-person, two-vendor programme; renegotiated scope for ~20% off cost and timeline.
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Integration architecture
For
A company integrating a bank, a payment provider, a loyalty or government system, and a partner on the other side with its own compliance team.
What I do
Scoping, the integration design, the compliance conversation, the delivery plan, and the go-live. I own the relationship, not only the API.
Proof
A bank partnership owned end to end; five coalition partners; a Customs integration portal; TOGAF 9.2.
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Applied AI in operations
For
An operator who wants agents doing real work in the business, not a chatbot on the website.
What I do
We pick one workflow, build the agent with a human veto in the loop, measure it, and only then widen it. I show my own systems running before I propose yours.
Proof
New Me runs a job hunt; this site drafts, publishes and monitors itself; both documented in the Lab.
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How it starts
A thirty-minute call. You describe the business and what is stuck. I tell you plainly whether I am the right person, and if not, who might be.
How it runs
A written scope, a weekly note on what shipped and what is at risk, and one conversation a week that matters. Day rate or monthly retainer, quoted after the first call.
How it ends
With your team able to run what I built. Documentation, handover, and an honest list of what I would do next.
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Solution architect, head of engineering, tech lead. Full-time, contract or interim. Available now.