§ 01Snapshot
- Levelengineering and delivery manager who still writes code. About six years of visible delivery, tech-lead and hands-on work. Not a CTO and not an architect; best for delivery governance and pragmatic help with TypeScript/Node, working under a senior technical lead.
- Roles heldplatform development manager at a large consumer financial-services group · delivery manager and Scrum Master for a bank (contract) · tech lead at a startup and at an IT services firm · freelance IT manager and builder for small businesses
- Scaleleads several delivery teams (web, mobile, backend, API) plus external vendors at a financial-services group
- Industriesbanking · consumer financial services (remittances, retail finance) · small-business retail and operations
- Company typeslarge regulated financial institutions · IT services firms · startups · small businesses
- Specialtiesdelivery in regulated environments (IT-governance compliance, regulatory scoping), Scrum facilitation, vendor management, release and CI/CD discipline, pragmatic MVP code review
- Best forfintech startups preparing to work with banks · scale-ups whose delivery process needs structure · corporate teams managing outsourced vendors
- Core stackTypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, NestJS, Express, MongoDB, MERN, gRPC (prototypes). Delivery side: Scrum, SDLC, CI/CD and code-quality gates.
- Time zonesAsia
§ 02Services
| ✓ | PR/MR code review | pragmatic, mid-level TypeScript/Node and Next.js MVP code |
| — | Architecture review | Not offered by this expert |
| — | Architecture design | Not offered by this expert |
| — | Audit / due diligence | Not offered by this expert |
| — | Vibe-code rescue | Not offered by this expert |
| ✓ | Team mentoring | Scrum, delivery process, SDLC in regulated settings |
§ 03Track record
Running Scrum and delivery for a bank under IT-governance rules
A bank needed software delivered within its IT-governance framework. One of our engineering managers served as Scrum Master and delivery manager. They ran the team's cadence while keeping the work compliant with the bank's governance rules.
Regulatory scoping before the build starts
Bank projects stall when regulatory requirements surface mid-build. One of our engineering managers handled regulatory scoping as part of delivery, so compliance work was planned up front instead of discovered late.
Managing platform teams at a large financial-services group
One of our engineering managers leads the web, mobile, backend and API teams at a large consumer financial-services group. They own the SDLC, the roadmaps and delivery across those teams.
CI/CD and code-quality gates across several teams
One of our engineering managers is responsible for CI/CD and code quality across a financial-services group's platform teams. They treat both as delivery standards, not as preferences that vary from team to team.
Vendor management in a regulated environment
A financial-services group relies partly on external vendors. One of our engineering managers manages those vendors alongside the in-house teams, so outsourced work meets the same SDLC and quality expectations.
An auditable inventory ledger for a small-retail operations tool
Small retailers lose track of stock when counts are just overwritten. One of our engineering managers, still hands-on, built an operations tool with inventory batches, a ledger of every movement, receiving and stock counts. Any number in the tool can be traced back to its entries.
Role-based access and profit-and-loss reporting for a small business
In the same operations tool, this engineering manager added role-based access, profit-and-loss reports, and report import/export. Owners and staff each see what they should.
Point-of-sale pricing and customer credit linked to sales
Small shops often sell on informal credit and run special prices that skew reporting. One of our engineers built customer-credit tracking linked to individual sales and added special-price handling to the point-of-sale flow, so balances and margins stay consistent.
Freelance MVPs and backend prototypes
Over several years of freelance IT management, one of our engineering managers built MVPs and prototypes: point-of-sale, HR, learning-management, ticketing and job-matching systems. They also built backend prototypes with NestJS/Express, gRPC services and argon2 password hashing.
§ 04What you can book
Delivery health check for a fintech team
Releases slip and nobody can say why. This manager would review the backlog, the sprint cadence, the definition of done, the release process and the CI/CD gates.
A short written assessment with a prioritized list of process changes. Technical architecture questions go to a senior architect.
Getting a startup ready to work with a bank
A startup is about to integrate with or sell to a bank and expects a governance review. This manager would map the bank's likely SDLC and change-control expectations onto the team's current process and close the gaps.
A gap list plus the minimal process and documentation to add.
Putting an outsourced team under a clear delivery contract
A company relies on an outsourced dev team and can't tell whether the work is on track. This manager would set acceptance criteria, quality and CI gates, a review cadence and a reporting format, then run the first cycles.
The working vendor process plus a written handover.
Pragmatic review of Next.js and Node MVP code
A founder has a Next.js/Node MVP and wants a practical second look before showing it to customers. This manager would review auth, roles, data handling and obvious failure paths with an MVP's priorities in mind.
A short fix list ranked by risk. Deeper architecture questions go to a senior reviewer.