Available for work
I'm John — a full-stack software engineer with 11+ years of experience building high-traffic web platforms, payment systems, backend services, and production infrastructure.
Experience
Working on NEXT's high-traffic global e-commerce platform, supporting NEXT-owned properties and white-label retail clients.
Providing development and architecture services for web, mobile, and API platforms, including astronomy, geocoding, weather, e-commerce, and payment systems.
Built and operated payments, authentication, and regulatory systems for high-traffic gaming platforms serving millions of users.
Developed performant web applications and mobile web apps while architecting high-availability hosting, caching, monitoring, and backup systems.
About
I'm a software engineer with 11+ years of experience designing and delivering high-traffic web platforms, payment systems, and backend services. I've led work from technical design through delivery, mentored engineers, and worked directly with product and business stakeholders to solve difficult problems clearly.
My experience doesn't stop at software engineering. As part of my roles, I have developed a large amount of experience in DevOps practices including building servers and cloud solutions from the ground up using IaC such as Chef and Terraform, and designing the systems to meet varying traffic profiles.
Areas of focus
Payments
Tokenisation, PCI compliance, 3-D Secure
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Regulatory
SOX, PCI, FCA, Gambling Regulations
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Scalability
High-traffic and high-availability systems
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Platform
AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD
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Have something in mind?
I'm always open to discussing opportunities, from full time jobs to one-off projects where my expertise might serve you.
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