Principal Platform & Infrastructure Engineer

Highly experienced engineer with a proven track record of building and operating critical, high-scale systems. Successfully replaced the Edinburgh Fringe's £800k ticketing system over a weekend, selling 150k tickets. Developed and operated the core platform for megabus across multiple continents for twelve years. Founded and ran a company (kraya) for 15 years, managing five departments and thirty people, demonstrating strong commercial judgment and leadership. Possesses broad expertise across engineering, DevOps, data, and infrastructure. Seeking an ideal permanent full-time role, also open to project and contract work.