Technical discovery & solution architecture
Clarify business and technical constraints, understand the current system, and define a coherent target architecture with practical, sequenced decisions.
David Samson — Senior Software Development Engineer
Technology Consultant, Software Architect & Hands-on Full-Stack Engineer
I help organisations design, modernise, stabilise, and build complex software systems—from technical strategy and architecture through hands-on implementation and delivery across .NET, Blazor, cloud, distributed platforms, and AI-enabled capabilities.
- Lead & buildArchitecture and hands-on delivery
- ModerniseIncremental, production-safe change
- StabiliseDelivery recovery under pressure
01 / How I Help
Practical outcomes for organisations building, running, or modernising software.
Whether you need technical direction, hands-on delivery, or both, I work where architecture, engineering leadership, and implementation meet.
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Software architecture & technical direction
Define the system shape, technical trade-offs, and a practical direction the team can confidently execute.
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Full-stack product and platform development
Design and build production-ready web applications, APIs, services, and internal platforms with senior end-to-end ownership.
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Legacy application modernisation
Improve dated or fragile systems incrementally without rewriting stable functionality simply for the sake of using newer technology.
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Technical leadership & delivery recovery
Unblock engineering teams, restore delivery momentum, improve technical decisions, and raise quality when projects become difficult.
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Cloud-ready & distributed systems
Build reliable services, messaging workflows, deployment foundations, and infrastructure patterns designed for real production demands.
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AI-enabled applications & workflow automation
Introduce practical AI, LLM, data-processing, and automation capabilities on top of dependable software architecture.
02 / Capabilities
Lead the direction. Build the system.
My engagements can span technical discovery, architecture, engineering leadership, and hands-on delivery. The balance depends on what the organisation needs most.
Hands-on application, platform & API development
Design and implement production-ready applications, internal platforms, services, integrations, and APIs with senior code ownership.
Architecture, code & platform reviews
Identify structural risks and improve design quality through focused reviews of architecture, APIs, data models, security boundaries, and critical code paths.
Engineering mentoring & delivery unblocking
Help engineers move forward by clarifying technical decisions, removing blockers, reviewing implementation approaches, and strengthening everyday development practice.
Performance, reliability & application security
Improve latency, resilience, diagnostics, observability, access control, and application-security foundations where systems are fragile or under operational pressure.
Modernisation & migration planning
Plan pragmatic upgrades, migrations, and incremental replacements that preserve stable business value while reducing technical and operational risk.
CI/CD, deployment & production readiness
Establish repeatable pipelines, environments, release practices, monitoring, and operational foundations so deployments become safer and more predictable.
03 / Selected Work
Selected engagements and impact.
A selection of work spanning technical leadership, architecture, platform modernisation, identity, cloud delivery, and hands-on engineering. Client details are generalised where confidentiality applies.
Engagement details have been generalised to respect client confidentiality. A complete professional chronology is available in the CV.
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Mining technology
Enterprise mine-management platform delivery and modernisation
Senior engineering leadership for enterprise-scale mine-management applications—Blazor delivery, shared component libraries, identity, real-time updates, and CI/CD.
What I led or built
Lead design and development of enterprise-scale applications, drive Blazor Hybrid and WebAssembly adoption, architect modular component libraries, integrate identity and real-time services, and establish GitHub Actions CI/CD.
Impact
Advance Blazor Hybrid and WASM adoption for cross-platform and offline-capable experiences.
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Analytics / data products
Leading architecture and delivery for analytics platforms
Team leadership shaping technical direction, architecture roadmaps, and delivery for analytics products spanning .NET, Angular, React, and Snowflake.
What I led or built
Defined software architecture roadmaps, ensured performance and scalability, bridged business and engineering communication, and led hands-on technical delivery within the team.
Impact
Clarified architecture roadmaps for analytics product delivery.
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Healthcare technology
Modernising a healthcare platform on Azure
Incremental modernisation of large healthcare applications across front-end architecture, cloud services, data, deployment, and engineering practices.
What I led or built
Progressed through senior engineering and lead responsibilities covering Angular and .NET Core applications, Azure services, CI/CD and IaC, observability, mentoring, and code-quality standards.
Impact
Delivered Angular applications backed by Azure services and Cosmos DB.
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Enterprise software / regulated operations
Building an identity-aware application and reporting platform
End-to-end delivery of a modern application surface combining identity, administrative controls, secured APIs, and automated printable reporting.
What I led or built
Designed and built the application front end, identity integration, administration interface, REST APIs, authorisation flow, and PDF-generation service.
Impact
Delivered a coherent identity-aware application experience.
04 / Technology Expertise
A broad technical toolkit, applied with architectural judgement.
I choose technologies according to the system’s business goals, operational demands, existing estate, team capability, and expected lifetime. My experience spans established enterprise platforms and modern application stacks, including .NET 9, Next.js, Angular, Rust, Python, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, SaaS platforms, and AI-enabled capabilities.
Featured engagements show only the technologies relevant to that work. This section reflects the broader architecture and engineering capability I can bring to new projects where those technologies are appropriate.
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Backend & services
- C#
- .NET / .NET 9
- ASP.NET Core
- Rust
- Axum
- Python
- Node.js
- REST APIs
- Background services
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Frontend applications
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Angular
- Blazor / Blazor WASM
- Component-based UI architecture
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Data, caching & messaging
- SQL Server
- PostgreSQL
- Cosmos DB
- DynamoDB
- Redis
- Kafka / Redpanda
- SignalR
- Event-driven integration
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Cloud, delivery & platform
- Microsoft Azure
- AWS
- Docker
- CI/CD
- Infrastructure as code
- Deployment automation
- IIS and cloud hosting
- Environment and release management
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Identity, reliability & operations
- OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect
- JWT
- IdentityServer
- Authentication and authorisation
- Structured logging
- Observability
- Health monitoring
- Production diagnostics
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AI, automation & data workflows
- LLM integrations
- AI-enabled application features
- Intelligent workflows
- Model and API orchestration
- Data processing
- Business-process automation
- AI-assisted engineering systems
05 / Working With Me
A clear path from first conversation to delivery.
Every engagement is shaped around the actual problem. Some conclude with an assessment and recommended direction; others continue into architecture leadership, hands-on delivery, modernisation, or ongoing technical support.
The stages are adaptable and may overlap. Not every engagement requires every stage.
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Discovery
Clarify the business objective, current concerns, stakeholders, constraints, urgency, and what a successful engagement should achieve.
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Technical assessment
Review the current system, architecture, codebase, integrations, delivery practices, operational risks, and the areas where intervention would create the most value.
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Direction & engagement shape
Recommend a practical path and agree how I can contribute—through advisory support, architecture leadership, hands-on implementation, team guidance, delivery recovery, or a combination of these.
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Architecture & execution plan
Define the target system shape, important technical decisions, delivery sequence, ownership boundaries, dependencies, risks, and the immediate plan for execution.
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Hands-on delivery or engineering leadership
Design, build, modernise, review, lead, or unblock according to the agreed engagement model, while keeping technical decisions connected to delivery realities.
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Ongoing advisory & support
Continue with architecture reviews, technical guidance, production troubleshooting, team mentoring, delivery oversight, and system evolution where continued involvement is useful.
Have a software challenge worth discussing?
06 / About
David Samson
Senior technology leadership grounded in hands-on engineering.
I am a technology consultant, software architect, and hands-on engineer with more than fifteen years of experience designing, modernising, stabilising, and delivering software systems.
I currently work as a Senior Software Development Engineer at Mineware Consulting, leading design and delivery of enterprise mine-management applications—while also helping organisations through techiedavid when they need architecture leadership, modernisation, or senior hands-on delivery.
I work with organisations that need more than recommendations on a slide. My role can include clarifying the technical direction, shaping architecture, improving delivery, guiding engineering teams, and taking direct responsibility for critical implementation work.
My experience spans technical leadership, solution architecture, full-stack engineering, cloud delivery, identity and access, distributed and operational platforms, production troubleshooting, AI-enabled capabilities, and pragmatic modernisation of systems that must continue serving the business while they evolve.
I am equally comfortable leading technical conversations and working directly in the codebase—turning requirements into architecture, reviewing design and implementation, resolving difficult engineering problems, and delivering production software across established enterprise stacks and modern application platforms.
More than 15 years in software engineering—from hands-on product delivery to architecture and technical leadership across mining technology, analytics, healthcare, and enterprise platforms.
Career
May 2023 – Present
Senior Software Development Engineer
Mineware Consulting — Mining technology / mine management software
Aug 2022 – Mar 2023
Team Lead
Quantium — Analytics / data products
Apr 2020 – Jul 2022
Lead Software Engineer; Senior Full-Stack Developer
eHealth Technologies — Healthcare technology
Jul 2008 – Apr 2020
Senior Software Engineer
Presage Solutions, Inc. — Enterprise software delivery
Apr 2006 – Jun 2008
Software Engineer
Cynapse — Early career engineering foundations
Selected career history shown. Full roles, responsibilities, and chronology are available in the CV.
Education
Masters of Computer Application (MCA)
ISTAR — Sardar Patel University (Anand / Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat) — Jun 2007
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (B.Sc.IT)
Saurashtra University (Rajkot, Gujarat) — Apr 2004
15+
Years engineering
Lead + build
Engagement model
End to end
From strategy to delivery
07 / Contact
Have a complex software challenge? Let’s discuss it.
Book a consultation, email me directly, or tap Call me to open your phone dialer—without the number being displayed on the page. LinkedIn and GitHub are available if you prefer those channels.