Recent highlights
Platform Engineering
Yorkpress
Replatformed from scattered microservices to a focused monolith, cutting costs while boosting performance.
What we did: Stabilised delivery, simplified deployments, and built guardrails that keep performance and security tight.
Result: 90% lower spend and faster response times, with ongoing security and performance improvements.
Platform & Data
Bluelightcard
Moved from a monolith to event-driven microservices and modernised the data layer.
What we did: Delivered PoCs, mentored devs on Node, and guided the shift from SQL to NoSQL with sensible data contracts.
Result: Teams ship independently with clearer ownership and more resilient data flows.
“Josh hit the ground running at Blue Light Card; he liaised with the CTO and the project teams and played an integral part in delivering multiple key projects. Josh is well versed in cloud based architecture, engineering principles and infosec, he would assert himself well in meetings and ask the right questions. You could give Josh a project or a task and be confident that he could manage and produce tangible results.”
James Myers, Devops Tech Lead
Architecture Advisory
Propeller
Audited architecture, hiring, and delivery approach ahead of a major rebuild.
What we did: Built a proof of concept and coached teams through migrating from legacy .NET Framework 4.8 to .NET Core 9.
Result: Clear roadmap, better hiring signals, and confidence in the migration path.
Ecommerce Platforming
AlphaGeek
Replatformed ecommerce and made environments reproducible.
What we did: Introduced templated environments and streamlined deploys to reduce downtime and surprises.
Result: Lower costs, better performance, and calmer incident response.
“Josh is not only extremely technically gifted - but a pleasure to work with, and an all round stand up guy. He will forever be one of Alphageeks preferred technical consultants. 10/10 would recommend.”
Art Lindop, Director, Alphageek
Targeted performance uplift on key journeys.
What we did: Profiled bottlenecks, tuned rendering, and tightened caching paths.
Result: Up to 20% faster pages and noticeable revenue lift.