Technical solutions, built & fixed

Secure by design / Production-grade

One engineer for the problems that don’t fit in one box.

I design, build and maintain production systems for enterprises — down to the core infrastructure they run on. Real systems, deployed and kept running, engineered with a clear understanding of not just how, but why.

  • Architecture
  • Full-stack
  • Automation
  • DevOps
  • Security
  • Problem-solving

01 Services

Broad range. Real depth where it counts.

Most technical problems cross boundaries — code, infrastructure, process, security. I work across all of them, so nothing falls through the gaps.

01

Architecture & full-stack development

System design and end-to-end delivery of web apps, APIs and internal tools — built to run in production.

02

Automation & tooling

Scripts, integrations and pipelines that remove repetitive work and human error.

03

DevOps & deployment

Platforms, CI/CD, cloud and container orchestration — the infrastructure underneath, built to stay up.

04

Security hardening

Hands-on hardening of apps, infrastructure and access — the fixes made, not just listed.

05

Technical problem-solving

The bug nobody can pin down, the stalled migration, the system nobody understands any more.

06

Own the hard delivery

Lead-level architecture and hands-on engineering a few days a month, building alongside your team — without the full-time hire.

07

Agentic & AI systems

Real, deployed agentic systems that do the work — not demos. Automation and agents wired into your real infrastructure, with the guardrails, access control and monitoring to run them in production.

02 About

Real systems. Built from the ground up. Running in production.

Spectral Leap builds and maintains production systems — and the experience behind it is real, not theoretical. I’ve architected serious systems for enterprises, led their delivery end to end, and owned them in production — across the full stack, from infrastructure and DevOps through backend services to the frontend.

Much of that work sits underneath everything else. I’ve built core infrastructure from the ground up — an in-house platform-as-a-service that teams ship and run their services on, production identity and access, and container orchestration at enterprise scale. Systems that are depended on every day, and maintained long after launch.

So I don’t just know how to deploy real systems; I know why they’re built the way they are — which trade-offs hold up under load, how things fail, and what keeps them maintainable for years. Having built every layer myself, I see the whole problem, not just one specialism’s slice of it.

The mission behind all of it is protection: keeping my clients’ systems safe and secure, so they can get on with earning — and keep the business, and the families who depend on it, out of harm’s way. I communicate plainly, document what I do, and leave systems your team can own after I’m gone.

Veteran-owned & operated

How I work

  • i
    Architecture first. Sound design decisions up front, so the system holds up as it grows.
  • ii
    End-to-end ownership. From design to deployment to running it in production — one accountable engineer.
  • iii
    Clear communication. Honest estimates, regular updates, no jargon walls.
  • iv
    Handover-ready. Clean code, written docs, and nothing locked to me.
  • v
    Security by default. Built in from the start, not bolted on later.

03 Engagement

Simple to start. Low risk by design.

No long contracts up front. We begin small, you see the value, and we decide together what comes next.

  1. 01

    Intro call

    A free 30-minute conversation about where you are and what you need. No pitch.

  2. 02

    Focused first engagement

    A small, fixed-scope, flat-rate piece of work — a fix, a build, or a proof of concept.

  3. 03

    Ongoing, if it fits

    Continue by project or on a monthly retainer. Stop any time — no lock-in.

04 Pricing

Flat prices. Never by the hour.

Every engagement is a fixed price agreed before work starts. Leave your name and email to see the numbers.

Per job

Off-the-shelf fix

A PHP or app upgrade, a vulnerability patched, a broken feature rebuilt — one flat price per job.

from $750flat, per job

Monthly

Monthly retainer

Ongoing build and maintenance for one flat monthly fee. Cancel any time.

from $3,500/moflat, monthly

See pricing.

Occasional notes on security, systems and shipping. No spam.

05 Contact

Let’s talk about what you’re working on.

Tell me a little about your project or problem. I usually reply within one business day.

Prefer email? Write to me directly.