Peter French

Software Architecture · Engineering Leadership

Modern .NET & Azure Delivery

Design, build and improve dependable .NET and Azure software when you need senior engineering capability around a defined business or platform outcome.

Focused delivery, not an open-ended development shop

I work best where the outcome matters, the technical decisions carry risk and experienced hands-on leadership can shorten the route to a dependable result.

Where I can help

Modern .NET development

APIs, services and business applications using modern .NET, with clear boundaries, testability and production operation designed in from the start.

Azure platform delivery

Practical use of Azure services, messaging, storage, configuration, observability and deployment patterns without unnecessary cloud complexity.

APIs and integrations

Reliable integrations across internal platforms, partners, payments and third-party services, including identity, failure handling and operational support.

Performance and resilience

Targeted investigation and remediation where latency, scalability, reliability or release risk is affecting customers and delivery teams.

Good fits for this service

  • A defined capability that needs architecture and hands-on delivery
  • An integration or API programme carrying operational or security risk
  • A proof of value that must be credible enough to evolve into production
  • A troubled workstream that needs technical direction and a route back to delivery
  • A team that needs senior support for a critical phase rather than permanent additional headcount

How an engagement works

We begin by agreeing the outcome, constraints and evidence of success. I then shape a focused piece of work, often a technical delivery sprint, prototype, integration, stabilisation phase or implementation plan, with scope, responsibilities and commercial terms agreed before delivery begins.

What you can expect

  • Clear architecture and technical decisions recorded as the work progresses
  • Production concerns considered alongside feature delivery
  • Knowledge shared with your engineers rather than retained as a dependency
  • Honest scope control and early visibility of trade-offs
  • A maintainable result your team can continue to own

Have a defined software problem that needs senior attention?

Send a short outline of the outcome, current platform and constraint. I’ll tell you whether a focused delivery engagement is a sensible fit.