Back-End Engineer and Architect

I solve hard back-end problems, in TypeScript/NodeJS or Perl, with a particular love of making test-suites better and building tooling that'll make your dev team more effective. I also know at least a little bit about many other useful things (React, AWS, Python, Ionic, XSLT, Scrum, Postgres, etc etc). While I'd prefer to write code every day, I have experience of and can do short-term coverage of most software management roles, running hiring, and just being an extra pair of safe hands to get stuff done. Most recent client said: "I worked with many great engineers, and many are truly great at what they do. Peter is definitely one of the best ones I’ve worked with. He is a true staff-level engineer/architect ... He will distill the problem to its very essence, and come up with a solution that truly solves the problem at its core, often in a truly elegant way. I’ve seen him do it time and again ... truly raised the bar on both automation quality, our technical quality, and helped solve some really complex challenges for us" I have 20 years commercial experience, a formal software engineering degree from Oxford (placed 1st in my class, 2016), a business degree from Cambridge (2023), have managed decent-sized teams before, once ran a software staffing company, and as a colleague I'm pleasant, kind, and engaged. $150/hour, up to 20 hours a week, but I can ramp up or down as needed. If I might be the right shape, reach out, I'd love to chat to you about the challenges you have either way.