Software consulting
Europe/Remote
I help founders and engineering teams ship reliable, AI‑enabled products faster. I’m a senior full‑stack engineer with 10+ years of experience across startups and enterprise—comfortable moving from architecture and system design to hands‑on delivery, with a focus on outcomes, simplicity, and long‑term maintainability.
Where I can help
- AI product acceleration: ship LLM‑powered assistants and features end‑to‑end; pragmatic evaluation, prompt/interface design, guardrails.
- Architecture & system design: clear RFCs, scalable patterns, right‑sized abstractions, data modelling, APIs.
- Full‑stack delivery: React/Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js/NestJS, Python/FastAPI, Rails, Postgres.
- Performance & reliability: profiling, test strategy (Cypress + Cucumber/BDD), observability, systematic defect reduction.
- Developer experience: design systems, standards, CI/CD, faster feedback loops, TypeScript adoption.
Engagements
- Advisory (weekly/bi‑weekly): architecture/product reviews with concrete next steps.
- Project sprints: focused delivery to unlock a milestone (MVP features, pricing, migration, reliability).
- Fractional engineering lead: hands‑on leadership to set direction and improve execution.
- Codebase audit: risk analysis, performance profile, and a pragmatic remediation plan.
Tools & stack
React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Python, FastAPI, Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, GCP, Docker, Cypress, Cucumber (BDD), AST tooling, LLMs/AI Engineering.
Let’s work together
Tell me about your product and what outcome you need, and I’ll propose a pragmatic path forward.
dbarabashdev+consulting@gmail.com