4+ years building backend-focused software: PHP, SQL and API integrations at work, and Rust and Laravel in my own projects. Based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Open to mid-level roles, and to the right freelance project.
Commercial work lives on my employer's proprietary PHP framework; the projects here are my own.
The marketing and download site for Orbis Scriptor.
A concept site for a padel club that does not exist.
My own portfolio, built from an empty Laravel install.
I've spent 4+ years writing software for a living: weighing software in PowerBuilder and SQL as an apprentice, then PHP, JavaScript and MariaDB on a custom MVC framework, where I build APIs, integrations and database-driven features for live, business-critical sites. In my own projects I work in Laravel, Rust, TypeScript, React and Svelte. I'm happiest on the backend, designing the data, the services and the edges between them, and comfortable carrying a feature through to the front end.
May 2024 to present Studley ยท Hybrid
April 2022 to May 2024 Stratford-upon-Avon
2022 to 2023
Infotech Solutions. Grade: Distinction.
I build with AI-assisted tools such as Claude Code, and treat them as a fast pair programmer rather than an autopilot. I designed the structure of Orbis Scriptor myself, its Rust layers and typed bindings to the front end, and used Claude Code for the repetitive scaffolding and tests, with every change held to Clippy and the test suite. AI makes the routine parts quicker; I review what it writes and keep the design decisions and trade-offs for myself.
Alongside looking for a role, I take on the right freelance project.
A complete site built from scratch for your business, designed around what you actually need to say, then coded by hand so it stays fast and easy to change.
Getting found by people searching for what you do near where you do it, with the technical groundwork that search engines actually read.
Making an existing site faster and usable by everyone, often the cheapest improvement available to a site that already works.
Small changes, updates and fixes handled as they come up, without a retainer you have to grow into.
Open to mid-level full-stack and backend roles (remote, hybrid or on-site), and to the right freelance project. Tell me about the role or the project and I'll reply myself. Send the details through the contact form, or email oscarfreeman@live.co.uk.