Backend Software Engineer based in Bournemouth, UK. Six years' production SaaS experience in PHP, AWS, and Linux. Currently building offensive security capability — OSCP+ in preparation, top 3% on TryHackMe.
Background
Backend Software Engineer at iProtectU, 2020-2026. End-to-end ownership of backend services, REST APIs, and AWS infrastructure for a multi-tenant SaaS platform — 100+ customer environments and 100+ EC2 instances under CI/CD pipelines. Highlights include 90%+ performance improvements on critical backend processes and refactoring of legacy systems into modern OOP/MVC architectures.
Zend Certified PHP Engineer. Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK v4). BCS Level 4 Diploma in Software Development Methodologies. BSc Geography, University of Plymouth.
Current focus
Offensive security — applying the same systems-level rigor to attack surfaces.
- OSCP+ in preparation
- Top 3% on TryHackMe — 137 rooms completed, rank 0xA
- OWASP-mapped AppSec lab: appsec-lab
- CTF write-ups: see CTF Write-ups
Find me
Full career history on LinkedIn.