A closer look at my background, technical stack, and the kind of work I take on.
PHP 8.4, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL
React Native, Expo, PWA
Laravel 13, Node.js, MVC, service-based MVC, Domain-Driven Design, events, queues, caching, OAuth2/Laravel Passport/Fortify, REST APIs, Webhooks
React, Tailwind CSS, Livewire, Blade
MySQL schema design & optimisation, replication, Docker, version control with Git, CI/CD using Git post-receive hooks, log-based monitoring
Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure
Code review, architecture documentation, technical writing
PHPUnit/Pest, Claude Code
UFW/iptables, Nginx reverse proxy, SSL/TLS, DNS, subnetting & network design
Agile delivery, technical strategy, project management, mentoring & team leadership
Linux, specialising in Debian-based distributions, building & fine-tuning production servers, Bash/Zsh
I have over 25 years of hands on experience spanning full-stack web development, mobile applications, cloud infrastructure and engineering leadership. I am equally at home writing production code and directing teams, having built complex enterprise platforms from the ground up and led them through to scale.
During the pandemic, I designed and built the software and infrastructure used by the NHS, St John Ambulance and GoodSAM to run the UK's mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign, enabling the recruitment of 80,000 vaccinators within two months, delivered to specification and on a strict deadline. As Technical Director at Instinctive Technologies, I also architected and built a full featured recruitment ATS from scratch, supporting circa 15,000 recruiter logins per day, thousands of applications per day, and a database of circa 500 million records for millions of applicants.
Alongside this, I have independently conceived and built Yay Monday, a SaaS recruitment platform, and hollaspot, a QR based platform for dynamic content delivery. I am known for clean, well tested, well documented work and a passion for mentoring developers at every level of their careers. I am also an active member of HelpBnk, a social platform for aspiring entrepreneurs, regularly mentoring and advising other members on their business and technical ideas.
If you have a project, problem, or idea you'd like to discuss, get in touch.
Email: jamie @ freshpixel.co.uk
Based in Warwickshire, UK