Software modernisation
Move old software towards a modern architecture without pretending the existing business can simply be switched off.
KynticAI
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Paul Maddison · Independent IT consulting
Bring me the difficult software problem. We will work out a sensible way through it.
Alongside KynticAI, I take on selected consulting work where a company needs experienced engineering judgement, practical modernisation, architecture, AI assisted delivery or help getting a difficult programme moving again.
Principal engineer · founder · consultant
Paul Maddison
30+ years commercial engineering
Army apprentice to Principal
Modern stack and legacy systems
Founder level product judgement
What I help with
The interesting work usually sits where software, architecture and business pressure all meet.
I am most useful when the problem needs somebody who can move comfortably between code, architecture, delivery, AI and the commercial reality of the system.
Architecture and technical direction
Turn a complicated system or product problem into a practical target and a route the team can actually deliver.
AI delivery and adoption
Use coding and reasoning tools as part of serious engineering, with testing, review, clear limits and measurable delivery around them.
Hands on engineering leadership
Work directly with teams and code while improving standards, delivery flow, technical decisions and communication with the business.
Delivery rescue
Get a stuck programme moving again by finding the real technical, ownership or scope problem and cutting through the noise around it.
Technical review
Give founders, investors and leadership teams a clear view of what is realistic, what is risky and what the engineering is likely to take.
What I work with now
Thirty years in software does not mean thirty years behind the current technology.
The useful part of a long career is not the old tools. It is the judgement you carry forward while continuing to learn the new ones.
.NET / C#JavaRustGoPythonPostgreSQL / SQLAzureAWSGCPContainersKubernetesAPIsEnterprise integrationAI assisted engineering
Ways to work together
Contract delivery
Senior engineering for a defined piece of delivery where somebody needs to get properly involved.
Technical leadership
Principal, lead or fractional support where judgement matters as much as output.
Architecture review
A focused review of a system, migration, product direction or technical problem.
Modernisation programme
A practical route from legacy software towards a modern platform without losing the business along the way.
Talk to Paul
Bring the messy technical brief. Leave with a clearer route.
Suitable for contracting, architecture, modernisation, technical review, AI delivery and senior engineering support.
Discuss a consulting brief