NB.

AI /
ENGINEER.

Senior AI-Augmented Fullstack Engineer & Consultant. With 25+ years bridging UI design and technical constraints. Currently focused on architecting local AI infrastructure, RAG pipelines, and leading enterprise React/Next.js development.

Current Focus

AI Engineering &
LLM Integration.

Most recently I led frontend architecture and CMS modernization for lastminute.com, driving AI-augmented development practices across large-scale refactors.

I am now focused on evaluating models via vLLM, Ollama, and LM Studio. I am architecting local AI infrastructure, RAG pipelines combining vector search with local/cloud LLMs, and workflow automation tooling using n8n and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

  • Local AI Infrastructure Platform

    Architecting multi-GPU local AI development environments for LLM experimentation. Focusing on inference performance and cost efficiency.

  • RAG Pipeline & Knowledge Systems

    Building retrieval-augmented generation pipelines. Experimenting with chunking strategies and hybrid search architectures.

  • AI Workflow Automation

    Designing automated workflows using n8n integrated with MCP servers for task orchestration.

Selected Experience

  • 2020 — 2026

    Lead Developer / Senior Frontend Engineer

    lastminute.com

    Led frontend architecture for the upper funnel and maintained an internal CMS powering high-traffic marketing pages. Architected large-scale React/Next.js refactors and introduced AI-augmented development practices to improve code quality.

    React Next.js AI Dev Tools GitLab CI/CD
  • 2020 — 2021

    Lead UI Developer

    Engineered Arts Ltd

    Modernized the UI for a pioneering robotics company's robot animation authoring application. Managed CI pipeline using GitLab CI and Kubernetes.

    Dojo Docker Kubernetes Cypress
  • 2015 — 2018

    Team Lead / UX Developer

    Headforwards (Client: NTT)

    Architected the multi-page application framework for the Insight cloud management platform. Drove migration from Backbone/Marionette to React and led a distributed team across UK and Japan.

    React Backbone/Marionette Webpack

Core Competencies

AI & LLM Engineering

  • vLLM
  • Ollama
  • LM Studio
  • RAG Pipelines
  • Prompt Engineering
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol)
  • n8n
  • Python
  • FastAPI

Frontend & Fullstack

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Vanilla JS (ES6+)
  • Web Components
  • Svelte
  • Vue
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • SCSS

DevOps & Infrastructure

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Nginx
  • Bash
  • Linux
  • WSL2
  • SSH

Testing & Tools

  • Cypress
  • Jest
  • Webpack
  • GraphQL
  • REST APIs
  • MongoDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • Agile/Scrum