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A small UK team for difficult software problems. Twenty years of building, fixing and running systems in fintech, public sector, healthcare and commerce.Talk to an engineer →

What we do

01Architecture & technical strategyA target architecture, the trade-offs behind it, and a sequence you can fund and deliver.Design reviews · decision records · roadmaps02Software engineeringSenior engineers building production software with tests, reviews and real ownership.TypeScript · .NET · Kotlin · Python · React03Cloud & platform engineeringLanding zones, networking and environments teams can ship into safely.AWS · Azure · GCP · Terraform · Kubernetes04Cloud cost optimisationFind what the estate actually costs, remove the waste, and stop it creeping back.Rightsizing · commitments · tagging · budgets05AI engineeringAI features that survive production: retrieval, evaluation and guardrails, not demos.RAG · LangChain · model integration · evaluation harnesses06Intelligent automationAutomate the manual work around the product: back office, support and operations.Workflows · document processing · integrations07Data & integrationMove data between systems reliably, with pipelines and contracts that hold under load.Kafka · PostgreSQL · APIs · reporting08DevOps & delivery automationDeterministic pipelines, so releasing becomes routine instead of an event.CI/CD · infrastructure as code · rollback09Reliability & performanceMulti-region resilience, low-latency paths and monitoring that answers real questions.SLOs · observability · load testing10Legacy modernisationIncremental change that keeps the business running while the platform gets better.Strangler patterns · migration · cutover11Security & complianceSecurity as engineering: identity, secrets, auditability and evidence you can show.Cyber Essentials · G-Cloud 14 · PKI · KYC12Technical leadershipSenior judgement in the room when architecture, hiring and delivery decisions matter.Fractional CTO · due diligence · mentoringEngagementsHow we engageFour ways to work with us. Most engagements start small and get bigger once the first thing lands.Fractional CTOTechnical ownership without a full-time hire. Architecture, delivery cadence and the hard calls.Project deliveryA small senior team takes a defined outcome from design through to production.Platform rescueWe step into a stalled or fragile build, stabilise it, and get it shipping again.Audit & advisoryA short engagement that tells you what is actually wrong, and what to do about it.SectorsWhere we workFintech & paymentsTrading, assets under management and payment flows with safeguarding, KYC and audit requirements.HealthcareMulti-region infrastructure for a platform operating across the US, UK, Canada and EU.Public sectorG-Cloud 14 supplier. Document, signature and identity systems built at national scale.E-commerceHigh-traffic commerce platforms on Shopify Plus, AWS and Kubernetes.Rail & industrialServerless systems migration for a railway programme, from sensor data to controlled handover.Financial dataSeven years on mission-critical market data systems and their move to cloud-native.ApproachHow we workUnderstand the constraint. Prefer simplicity. Ship in increments. Leave the system clearer than we found it.Understand before building.Prefer simple architectures.Automate what should not be manual.Expect failure and plan the recovery.Security is part of engineering.Ship incrementally.PracticeWho we areFounded in 2020 by a CTO with twenty years in fintech, public sector and enterprise engineering. We stay small on purpose: the people who scope the work are the people who build it.G-Cloud 14 Cloud Support supplierCyber Essentials certifiedUK security clearance (SC eligible)MSc Software Engineering, Distinction, University of SouthamptonMember of the British Computer SocietyRegistered in England, founded 2020Not sure which of these you need?Describe the problem. We will tell you what we would do first.Talk to an engineer →

A target architecture, the trade-offs behind it, and a sequence you can fund and deliver.

Software engineering

Senior engineers building production software with tests, reviews and real ownership.

Cloud & platform engineering

Landing zones, networking and environments teams can ship into safely.

Cloud cost optimisation

Find what the estate actually costs, remove the waste, and stop it creeping back.

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