Full-Stack Developer in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire has a solid mix of product companies, professional services firms, and B2B businesses - many of them running on systems that were built fast and are now hard to change. If your backend is slowing you down, your integrations are brittle, or you need to build something new without betting the company on a full team hire, I can help.

I'm a freelance full-stack developer based in Wiltshire, within reach of Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Stroud. I've spent over twenty years building backend systems and web applications - mostly in Laravel and PHP - and I work with teams that need to ship reliable software without the overhead of a large agency.

For Product Teams

If you're building a product, you need backend code that works now and can be changed later. That means clean data models, sensible APIs, and a codebase that doesn't fight you when requirements shift. I've worked with product teams at different stages - early builds where speed matters, and later stages where the priority is stability and scalability.

I can help you move fast without accumulating the kind of technical debt that slows you down in six months. If you're already there - struggling with a codebase that's hard to test, slow to deploy, or fragile under load - I can help diagnose and fix that too.

I've written about database design for startups, API design, and scaling Laravel backends if you want a sense of how I approach this work.

For B2B and Professional Services

B2B companies often need software that customers never see: client portals, internal workflows, reporting dashboards, integrations with the tools your team already uses. These aren't glamorous projects, but they're often the difference between a business that scales and one that drowns in admin.

I build internal tools and backend systems that fit the way your team works. Most use Laravel, which is practical to build and maintain. If you've got an existing Symfony or PHP codebase, I can work with that. For WordPress sites that need custom plugins or integrations, I can help - though for anything substantial, I'd recommend Laravel.

If your operations run on email, spreadsheets, and heroic effort, there's probably a better way. I can help you figure out what to build, what to buy, and what to leave alone.

Let's Talk

If you're working on a product or running a business in Gloucestershire and need backend or full-stack help, I'd like to hear about it. I also work with teams in Bath, Bristol, and across Wiltshire.