About
Principal Software Engineer and Systems Architect with 20 years of experience architecting, delivering and evolving enterprise-scale platforms across e-commerce, logistics, fulfilment, inventory and financial domains, combining hands-on architecture and delivery with senior technical and people leadership across business-critical platforms.
Specialised in leading the modernisation and architectural transformation of complex, business-critical platforms under live operational constraints, balancing technical change, operational continuity and long-term maintainability.
Proven track record of owning cross-system architecture, building resilient operational platforms, and resolving high-impact business risks through pragmatic, observable, and scalable engineering.
Highly experienced in reducing system complexity, lowering operational overhead and delivering practical solutions that create immediate business value while remaining resilient, maintainable and scalable.
Operates at the intersection of engineering, operations and business, combining technical and people leadership with close collaboration across engineering teams and senior stakeholders in operational and commercial functions to translate complex business needs into pragmatic, reliable and scalable technical solutions.
Experience spans systems architecture, enterprise integration, platform modernisation, high-volume transactional systems, operational resilience and technical strategy, with particular emphasis on systems where reliability, data integrity and operational continuity have direct business and financial consequences.
Incorporates AI-assisted software engineering where it adds value, helping accelerate solution design, improve engineering productivity and enhance software quality while maintaining strong engineering fundamentals, sound architectural judgement and human ownership of review and production decisions.
Key Impact
Platform Ownership
- Architected, delivered and evolved the central Order Management System (OMS) and integration architecture, with the OMS acting as the operational coordination layer across inventory, purchasing, fulfilment, warehouse, storefronts and financial systems.
Transformation
- Led architectural transformation and modernisation of legacy systems and business-critical workflows.
- Rebuilt and repurposed the core Warehouse Management System (WMS) from PHP 5.6 to PHP 8.4.
Engineering Leadership
- Provided cross-team technical and people leadership across business-critical platform initiatives, aligning engineers and Tech Leads around architecture, technical decisions and delivery while line-managing and mentoring engineers.
Operational
- Prevented critical operational and financial risks across business-critical workflows.
- Designed and delivered resilient operational infrastructure incorporating queue orchestration, automated recovery, observability, auditability, and fault-tolerant workflow execution across critical business systems.
Technical
- Optimised legacy data models and system-level algorithms, significantly improving performance, efficiency, and scalability across high-volume transactional systems.
- Architected scalable integration architecture enabling reliable synchronisation and data interchange across storefront, warehouse, ERP, and financial platforms.
Engineering Standards & AI
- Established structured AI-assisted engineering practices across multiple enterprise codebases, creating system-specific engineering blueprints, architectural context, implementation frameworks and review guardrails.
Professional Experience
For complete responsibilities and achievements, see the full CV
May 2023 - Jun 2026
Senior Lead Software Engineer (Principal Engineer scope)
BrandAlley - London, UK
Served as the principal technical authority across interconnected business systems, combining hands-on architecture and delivery with technical and people leadership across order management, warehouse, fulfilment, inventory and financial platforms. Architected and evolved the central Order Management System (OMS) and its cross-system integration architecture, and led the modernisation and repurposing of the core Warehouse Management System (WMS) from PHP 5.6 to PHP 8.4 while maintaining uninterrupted live operations. Worked directly with directors and heads of Operations, Fulfilment, Finance, Logistics and Customer Service to discover requirements, understand operational problems and dependencies, shape technical initiatives and maintain alignment through production delivery. Introduced structured AI-assisted engineering practices and improved resilience across business-critical workflows.
Oct 2021 - Apr 2023
Lead Software Engineer
Internet Fusion Group - London, UK
Led a cross-functional team of 7 across engineering, QA and product responsible for bespoke warehouse logistics platforms supporting order management, inventory and financial workflows. Acted as technical owner of the central WMS while multiple engineering teams delivered concurrent changes, coordinating technical dependencies, overlapping development and releases across team boundaries to maintain platform stability. Improved platform reliability, performance and maintainability through architectural modernisation, database optimisation and the establishment of structured engineering practices.
Feb 2020 - Oct 2021
Lead Software Engineer
3ev (3rd Eye Vision) - Hove, UK
Led the technical design and delivery of backend capabilities across multiple client platforms, working across a TYPO3 legacy monolith alongside separate legacy Laravel applications and API services supporting booking and third-party integrations. Led platform modernisation, major PHP/Laravel upgrades, observability and reconciliation capabilities, cloud migration, and the design and development of a new integration service, taking projects from conception and solution design through successful production delivery.
Nov 2016 - Dec 2019
Senior Software Engineer
Tillo - Hove, UK
Worked on a financial transaction platform integrating multiple gift-card and stored-value systems behind a unified, secure API. Redesigned and evolved the API and partner integrations supporting creation and bulk creation, cancellations, refunds and balance management across fixed and variable-denomination gift codes. Developed secure transaction workflows, reconciliation and validation mechanisms, and enterprise integrations including SAP, contributing to the evolution of the platform from an early-stage product to a stable production system supporting increasing transaction volumes and an expanding partner network.
Jun 2016 - Nov 2016
Senior Software Engineer
22PointSix - Burgess Hill, UK
Delivered backend applications and REST APIs across multiple client projects, combining PHP/Symfony application development with responsibility for production infrastructure, maintenance, technical documentation, and ongoing platform improvements.
Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
Senior Full-Stack Web Developer
Mosaic Digital - Brighton, UK
Developed and delivered bespoke web applications and CMS platforms across a diverse portfolio of client projects, designing reusable backend components while working across application development, infrastructure, testing, deployment, and ongoing production support. Contributed to the development of the agency’s Drupal 7-based CMS platform.
Jul 2012 - Jan 2013
Freelance Software Engineer
Thessaloniki, Greece
Jul 2009 - Jun 2012
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Tera Media - London, UK & Athens, Greece
Oct 2006 - Jul 2009
Freelance Software Engineer
Thessaloniki, Greece
Apr 2006 - Oct 2006
Software Engineer (BSc Internship)
Alexander Technological Educational Institute, Greece
Mar 2004 - Apr 2006
Freelance Software Engineer
Thessaloniki, Greece
Military Service
Sept 2011 - Jul 2012
Second Lieutenant (Reserve) - Head of the Research and Informatics Office
88 Military Command, Hellenic Army - Lemnos, Greece
Completed military service as a Reserve Second Lieutenant in the Hellenic Army, serving as Head of the Research and Informatics Office at the 88 Military Command on the island of Lemnos. Led a technical team responsible for maintaining IT infrastructure across multiple military units while serving as Brigade Communications Officer on a rotating basis.
Technical Expertise
Architecture & Systems
Distributed systems, modular and monolithic architectures, system design
Synchronous/asynchronous integrations, REST APIs, queue-based processing, event-driven architecture
Resilient operational infrastructure, queue orchestration, resilience patterns, fallback mechanisms
Domain & Platforms
WMS, OMS, fulfilment, inventory, logistics, financial systems, payment processing
ERP (Business Central, SAP), e-commerce platforms (Magento), third-party API integrations
Engineering Leadership
Technical leadership, people leadership and mentoring, engineering standards
Architectural decision-making and facilitation, cross-functional stakeholder alignment
Modernisation under live operational constraints, incremental delivery
Backend & Web
PHP (4 - 8.4), Laravel (4.2 - 13), Symfony, Lumen, Zend
JavaScript, TypeScript, AJAX, jQuery, Alpine.js, Filament, HTML5, CSS3, Jekyll, Liquid
Current development and learning: Python, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, Django, React.js, Node.js, Kafka, GraphQL
Data & Storage
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
Caching & In-memory Data: Redis, Memcached
High-volume transactional systems, data modelling, performance optimisation
Infrastructure & DevOps
AWS, Google Cloud (GCP), DigitalOcean, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Bash
CI/CD, deployment workflows, system observability
Engineering Practices
Non-functional requirements: reliability & availability, performance & scalability, resilience & recoverability, data integrity & consistency
Observability, auditability & traceability
Code quality, testing strategies, secure development practices
AI-Assisted Engineering
AI-assisted software engineering, LLM-assisted architecture and implementation
System-specific engineering standards, architectural documentation and structured development workflows
Claude, Codex, ChatGPT
Education
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MSc Design and Digital Media
University of Edinburgh, UK
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BSc Informatics Engineering (Computer Science)
Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece
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Reserve Infantry Officers Academy
Signal Corps & Research and Informatics Corps
Hellenic Armed Forces, Greece
Professional Development
Attended industry conferences including Laravel London, AWS London, and UX Brighton.
Languages
- English (Fluent)
- Greek (Native)