Product Engineer · AI Systems & Automation
Open to: Full Stack Engineer · Product Engineer · AI/Automation Engineer · Founding Engineer · Solutions Engineer
Based in UK · Remote / Hybrid · English & Spanish
I design and build complete production systems — from database schemas and API architecture to automation pipelines and deployment. I use AI tools (Claude Code, ChatGPT) within professional development workflows to build at production quality, not no-code prototypes.
My differentiator: I understand market demand, development cost, and user behavior simultaneously. Every architecture decision I make creates compounding business advantages — not just solves the immediate technical problem.
Example: When I built the ad generation system, I designed text rendering separate from AI images. That one technical choice unlocks translation as an upsell (near-zero cost), any format size (zero cost), and 6 ad variants from 2 AI generations. One decision → three revenue streams.
I build production systems end-to-end: database design, APIs, security, automation pipelines, admin tooling, and deployment.
what I built solo from zero
260+
DB Tables
308+
API Routes
420+
RLS Policies
26
Workflows
24
Containers
10
Channels
L7AI pipeline + website
$43/mo — 2 Hetzner servers, 24 Docker containers, n8n, Remotion, Postiz, Browserless, PostgreSQL, Redis, Coolify, Traefik
PhotoAI Advantage
$0 in dev — Vercel, Supabase, Cloudflare R2, Upstash Redis, Inngest, Railway (all free tiers). Scales to prod at ~$75/mo for 10K users.
production systems
Each deep-dive shows the full architecture — admin panels, security layers, AI pipelines, database schemas, technology choices with cost math at scale.
why this matters
Most developers build features to solve a technical problem. I build features that solve a technical problem, create a business advantage, AND improve user retention — simultaneously.
Build it now or pay 10× later. The seasonal theme system was built before launch because retrofitting CSS across 70+ pages later costs weeks. Error monitoring is custom-built ($0/mo) because it integrates with our deploy pipeline — Sentry can't do that and costs $26/mo at scale.
Revenue, cost, governance. Separating text from AI images creates translation as an upsell, multi-format at zero cost, and 6 variants from 2 generations. The admin panel's promotion engine has approval workflows so no one can accidentally give 90% off to everyone.
Retention, trust, conversion. A visual platform must feel premium — seasonal themes aren't decoration, they're trust signals. User management tracks usage vs subscription limits so I can make personalized offers at the right moment. Every feature extends user lifetime.