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Daniel Z

Technical Lead

Turning complex business problems into reliable, production-grade software.

Full-Stack Problem Solver
Daniel Z

Technical Lead at Two Red Kites. Sits at the intersection of engineering and strategy — leading the team, setting technical direction, building internal developer tooling, and staying hands-on with the code across FinTech, HealthTech, Construction, and SaaS projects.

3+
Years at Two Red Kites
4+
Industries delivered
10+
Years agency experience

Tech Stack & Expertise

Ruby on Rails PostgreSQL TypeScript Elixir Crystal .NET AWS Docker CRM Platforms Payment Platforms Identity Providers REST APIs GraphQL APIs
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AI & Automation

Tooling I use to deliver faster, smarter, and with higher quality.

Claude Code RAG Systems N8N Workflows Multi-LLM Architecture OpenAI

Key Solutions

Serverless for Monoliths

Making Monoliths Scale Like Microservices

Taking traditional monolithic Rails applications and deploying them on serverless infrastructure (ECS/Fargate, Lambda). Teams stop firefighting deployments and start building. Breaking changes revert in minutes. High-traffic spikes handle themselves.

⚡ Rollbacks in minutes 🔒 Zero client-facing downtime 🏗 Event-spike resilient

AI-Powered Delivery

Building Better Software with Purpose-Built AI

Architect and lead developer behind Janus, Gaia, Hermes, and Sotaria: four specialist AI systems that let a small senior team deliver the breadth of a much larger firm. From parallel code review to automated security assessment, AI is woven into every stage of how we work.

🤖 4 purpose-built AI systems ⚡ 5-phase automated delivery 🔍 Parallel expert code review

Industries

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FinTech & Payments

Payment processing, international transfers, compliance-grade infrastructure, and Stripe integrations.

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HealthTech & Mental Health

HIPAA-compliant systems, sensitive data handling, and privacy-first application architecture.

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Construction & Trades

Estimation tools, project management software, and workflow automation for field operations.

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SaaS & Coaching Platforms

Subscription systems, client portals, and scalable platforms built to grow with the business.

Outside the Code

"When I'm not building software, I'm building memories — with family, pizza, video games, and the Queensland coastline."

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Video games with family
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Pizza nights
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Australian beaches
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Family first, always

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