Open to new experiments

A lab for

Backend engineer obsessed with systems that hold up — under load, under pressure, and at 3am.

The formula
Curiosity
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Craft
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The work
Systems & services

Backend systems, infrastructure tools, and open-source experiments. Built to be reliable, not just functional.

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Questions, collaborations, or just a curious thought — the door's open.

Email
hello@curiousheadlabs.com
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Availability
Currently available for new projects
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Hire the lab

Backend and infrastructure work, done carefully. I take on a small number of engagements at a time so each one gets the attention it deserves.

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Backend system design & build
Greenfield services or untangling a monolith that's outgrown itself. API design, service boundaries, persistence layer, observability — built to be handed off to a team, not just to work.
PythonGoPostgreSQLgRPCREST
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AI / LLM backend infrastructure
The plumbing behind AI products: prompt pipelines, RAG systems, eval frameworks, model routing, and the observability to know when something silently breaks. No hand-waving about "prompt engineering".
LLM pipelinesRAGEvalsVector DBsFine-tuning
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Infrastructure & platform engineering
Cloud infrastructure that engineers can actually understand. Event streaming, job queues, service mesh, IaC — with runbooks and alerting so on-call isn't a nightmare.
AWS / GCPKafkaKubernetesTerraformDatadog
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Staff engineering advisory
A thinking partner for engineering leaders. Architecture reviews, RFC feedback, technical strategy, growing senior engineers — by the hour or on retainer. Useful when you need a second opinion without hiring a VP.
Architecture reviewRFC processTech strategyEng levelling