Software architecture and technical leadership for teams that need to move fast.
What does this mean?
Depending on where you are:
1. Your system doesn't scale: slow APIs, databases under pressure, infrastructure that requires heroics to keep running.
2. Your team is stuck: decisions that stall, technical debt that nobody owns, engineers firefighting instead of building.
3. You're starting something new: you want to get the architecture right from the beginning.
Why should you trust me?
I've been building production software since 1998. Sun Microsystems, a global digital agency, and for the past eleven years as co-founder of SoftInstigate, the company I started with a partner in 2014.
I still write code every day and I live with my architectural decisions. RESTHeart, the backend framework I co-created in 2014, is running in production at companies across Europe and North America. You can look at the code on GitHub.
What kind of work do I take on?
Architecture reviews, technical leadership, hands-on backend work with Java, MongoDB, AWS, API design. For teams that need a senior engineering voice without a full-time hire.
How do I handle AI?
AI works best when it is treated as an infrastructure problem. That means building it on top of what you already have: your data, your processes, your existing systems.
The outcome of AI-assisted development depends on the context you bring to it: knowing which questions to ask, recognizing when the output is wrong, catching architectural mistakes before they compound.
Who have I worked with?
A cross-section of engagements across two decades and several industries:
Retail
Point-of-sale backend across 2,600 stores and 9,500 terminals. Continuous availability, no downtime budget.
Mobility & public sector
Traffic data platform integrating 15+ regional and national sources. Ten years in production without critical outages.
Enterprise content
Content platform used by global brands across Europe and North America. Core APIs built on RESTHeart.
Automotive
Marketplace platform for vehicle data and services, integrated with national registries and dealer networks.
Environmental compliance
Architecture review for a national registry system managing environmental data for public institutions.
Enterprise integration
SOA and EAI architecture for large enterprises across the EMEA region, including finance and telecommunications.
What do you do next?
Get in touch and we can discuss how to get started.
Ready to talk?