Tom Meehan

• Stepped in as interim tech lead to steady engineering through post-raise scale-up.
• Made the codebase agent-ready: conventions, docs, and guardrails so AI dev tools can work on it safely.
• Work directly with the founder to close product gaps and shape the roadmap.
• Support enterprise sales, joining technical conversations to help close deals.

TypeScript, Node, React, Next.js, Vercel, AI, Claude

• Improved performance across key flows, reducing page load times and database query overhead.
• Introduced feature for pausing/activating business accounts when payments fail.
• Worked on billing reporting for Stripe and Xero
• Introduced roles and permissions.
• Introduced new booking feature for in person courses.
• Update UI to use new design system.
• White-labelled Florence Academy.

Rails, TypeScript, RSpec, Heroku, AWS, React

• Delivery date checkout app for large meat e-commerce store.
• Integrated Shopify stores with ERPs and CRMs.

Rails, Tailwind, Hotwire, ViewComponent, Shopify, Stripe, GraphQL, Javascript, TypeScript, Stimulus, RSpec, Heroku, Railway, AWS, Salesforce, ERPs, React

• Introduced metafields type functionality that allows merchants to add their own fields to objects.
• Introduced concept of revenue allocation to packages feature.

Rails, Hotwire, ViewComponent, Heroku

• Scaled product, data and engineering team from 1 developer to 9.
• Introduced data/compliance platform used by FCA, investors/bankers, and risk team using Rails, DBT and Snowflake.
• Re-platforming credit underwriting system. Old system was expensive Apex based with massive tech debt and expensive offshore developers. New system reduced cost of decisioning loan from £12 to £2.20. Reduced underwriting fixed costs from £120k per month to £25k. New system allows for more agile product development, A/B testing.
• Aligned platform with FCA, auditor, and banking compliance requirements.
• Created tools for merchants that increased loan volume 800% over 10 months.
• Managed remote UK and offshore team - Mentored junior programmers (e.g. pair programming, structured feedback sessions and weekly retros), created development plans, managed restructuring during cost-cutting.
• Created strong testing culture and encouraged Test-Driven Development.
• Migrated from Salesforce/Apex and PHP micro-services into Rails monolith.
• Worked with external stakeholders (legal, FCA, ICO, debt facility/hedge fund, enterprise customers) to keep the business compliant with regulations and SLA's.
• Strong track record of releasing to deadlines while maintaining team morale.
• Establish new product development process (based on Agile) and shifted the business into product-led thinking.
• De facto product manager. Work with stakeholders to define priorities.
• Extensive payments work with Stripe Billing (for non-lending use cases) and Modulr for loan collections and payment disbursal.
• Reported to board on tech and product developments (but not board-level).

Rails, Tailwind, Javascript, Stimulus, RSpec, ViewComponent, Heroku, AWS, Salesforce, Stripe, Modulr, Hightouch, dbt, ETL and reverse ETL tools