Senior software engineer
Alex
Musgrove
Thoughtful software.
Built with care.
I’m a London-based engineer building distributed systems, with a focus on reliability and performance.
Experience
The work so far.
Senior Software Engineer
Software Engineer → Engineer II → Senior (Jan 2026)
Technical lead for the UK’s Making Tax Digital platform, supporting 60,000+ business signups. Rebuilt a tax calculation engine, cutting p99 API latency from around 8 seconds to under 100 milliseconds.
Software Engineer
Built analytics features with React, TypeScript and Java, alongside C++ and Python software for a mission-critical aviation system.
Research Assistant
Developed a Python data-visualisation algorithm for physics research, later integrated into a desktop application.
Software Engineer Placement
Built a Linux test-automation platform using Python and Robot Framework, replacing manual release checks with scheduled regression testing.
A little about me
I’m Alex, a senior software engineer in London with over six years of experience building backend systems. I work across architecture, performance and cloud infrastructure.
I also build AI tools for engineering teams, including MCP servers and agent workflows. I graduated from Loughborough University with first-class honours in Computer Science.
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