Distributed Systems2025
Ledger Core
Rebuilt the double-entry ledger to handle 12k tx/s with exactly-once guarantees. Cut settlement latency by 74%.
Staff Software Engineer · Available Q4 2026
Engineering
systems that endure.
I design and build resilient, high-scale platforms — from distributed backends to the interfaces on top of them. A decade turning ambiguous problems into elegant, dependable software.
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Distributed SystemsPlatform EngineeringReliabilityGoRustTypeScriptSystem DesignLeadership
Distributed SystemsPlatform EngineeringReliabilityGoRustTypeScriptSystem DesignLeadership
01 — About
I believe great engineering is quiet. It shows up as systems that don't wake anyone at 3am, teams that ship with confidence, and products that feel effortless.
Currently Staff Engineer at a fintech scale-up, where I lead the platform group building payment rails that move billions annually. Before that I spent years in infrastructure, developer tooling, and the occasional deep-dive into distributed consensus.
I care about the craft on both sides of the stack — a clean API and a considered interface are the same discipline. Off the clock: analog photography, long-distance running, and rebuilding mechanical keyboards nobody asked me to.
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Years shipping
0M+
Users served
0.99%
Platform uptime
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Teams mentored
02 — Selected Work
Things I've built & scaled
A selection of platforms and products. Full case studies available on request.
Developer Tools2024
Forge CLI
An internal build orchestrator adopted by 200+ engineers. Reduced CI times from 18 to 4 minutes org-wide.
Observability2023
Pulse
Real-time SLO monitoring across 300 services. Anomaly detection that pages the right team, not everyone.
Full-Stack2022
Onboard
Zero-to-verified account flow shipped in 6 weeks. Lifted activation 31% through relentless friction removal.
03 — The Path
Experience
2023 — Now
Staff Software Engineer
Meridian Financial · Remote
Lead the platform group. Own the payments architecture, drive technical strategy, and mentor senior engineers across three product teams.
2019 — 2023
Senior Backend Engineer
Northwind Cloud · Berlin
Built the multi-region data plane serving 40M users. Introduced the SLO culture and cut on-call incidents by half.
2016 — 2019
Software Engineer
Vector Labs · London
Full-stack product work across web and mobile. Shipped the feature set that carried the company through its Series A.
04 — Capabilities
Skills & tools
Languages
Go · Rust
TypeScript · Python
SQL · Bash
Infrastructure
Kubernetes · Terraform
AWS · GCP
Kafka · gRPC
Practice
Distributed systems
System design
Team leadership
Interface
React · Next.js
Design systems
Product sense
05 — Words
What people say
Adrian is the rare engineer who makes everyone around him better. He turned our most fragile system into the one we never think about.
Clear thinker, calm under pressure, and genuinely kind. The kind of technical leader you build a company around.
06 — Education
2012 — 2016
MEng, Computer Science
Imperial College London · First Class Honours
2021
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
07 — Let's talk
Have a hard problem? Let's build.
Tell me about the system you're wrestling with — I read every message and reply within a day.