Software engineer / AI developer / CAA remote pilot
I build production software end to end, from unclear problem to deployed, monitored system. Twenty plus years of full-stack engineering, a recent MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems (University of Sussex, Merit), and CAA remote pilot qualifications in the multi-rotor category.
- Location
- Eastbourne, UK
- Status
- Open to roles
- Clearance
- SC eligible
- CAA rating
- Multi-rotor
What I do
AI and machine learning
Deep learning on complex, noisy sensor data. NLP with transformers. Model benchmarking, evaluation and preprocessing pipelines, plus LLM and agentic workflows in production.
PyTorchscikit-learnHugging FaceFull-stack engineering
Backend services, APIs, databases and cloud infrastructure, built and run in production for an international user base since 2002. Methodical testing, CI/CD and documentation.
PythonPHPAWS / GCPLinuxUAV operations
CAA-qualified remote pilot: theory, practical flight assessment and an accepted Operations Manual (multi-rotor, PFCO route). I understand aircraft from the operator's seat as well as the code.
CAP 722BFlight planningRisk assessmentSelected work
MEG sensor classification
MSc thesis: a hybrid CRNN and transformer approach to classifying multi-channel MEG brain scan data, benchmarked against Random Forest and MLP baselines across the full pipeline.
Propaganda detection in news text
NLP models for technique classification and span identification, from a TF-IDF baseline to fine-tuned transformers. Best model, DeBERTa based, reached a macro F1 of 0.79.
AI translation platform
Production system managing thousands of multilingual documents, combining machine translation and LLM APIs with caching, versioning and a secure translator portal.
Experience
Lead Software Architect and Developer, Guild of Energists Ltd
Sole or lead engineer for an international training and membership organisation. Architected its platforms, migrated infrastructure to AWS and GCP, and delivered a multi-site CMS, AI document workflows, QR certificate verification and data-driven messaging at scale.
Software Developer, Bulldog Engineering Recruitment
Replaced a paper-based recruitment process with an integrated database system, turning workflows that took weeks into minutes.
Education and qualifications
MSc, Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems
University of Sussex, 2024 to 2025. Merit, 72% overall. Advanced NLP 91%, Applied NLP 86%, Adaptive Systems 84%.
BSc (Hons), Computer Science and Management Studies
University of Sussex, 1999 to 2002. Upper second class honours.
CAA remote pilot qualifications
Theoretical knowledge and general airmanship, practical flight assessment and full-category NQE recommendation, multi-rotor, 2020.
Let's talk
Open to software, AI and UAV-adjacent roles. Based in Eastbourne, East Sussex.