Certified Magento developer with over fifteen years of hands-on experience. Former Technical Director and Head of Development. Now working independently with businesses across Yorkshire who need senior Magento expertise without the agency model.
Magento
Magento Developer in Yorkshire
Senior Magento consultant with 15+ years experience building, stabilising, and migrating Magento platforms.
Magento Consultancy Across Yorkshire
Yorkshire has one of the strongest regional economies in the UK, with established retail, manufacturing, and B2B businesses across the county. Many built their eCommerce operations on Magento when it was the clear choice for serious online commerce. Those installations are now at various stages of maturity — some thriving with proper care, others struggling under technical debt.
I work with businesses from Hull to Sheffield, York to Bradford. The work is remote-first but with the responsiveness of a local consultant. When your Magento site has a problem, you speak directly to someone who can solve it.
What Separates Senior Expertise From General Development
Magento is not a platform that rewards shallow knowledge. Its architecture is powerful but demanding. The difference between a fix that holds and one that creates new problems often comes down to understanding the platform's internals at a level that only comes from years of focused work.
I started with Magento in its early versions. I've navigated every major architectural change, every security incident, every shift in Adobe's strategy. I've built teams around Magento development, taught the platform to other developers, and rescued installations that others had written off.
That background means I can diagnose issues faster, anticipate problems before they manifest, and implement solutions that don't create new technical debt. When you've seen hundreds of Magento sites, patterns emerge that aren't visible from the documentation.
Typical Magento Challenges
The issues that most often lead to a call.
Slow Admin and Frontend
Pages that take too long to load, admin panels that timeout, customers abandoning carts due to performance. Root causes are often spread across multiple systems.
Extension Management
Third-party modules accumulating over years. Some essential, some redundant, some actively causing problems. Untangling these requires careful analysis.
Version Upgrade Planning
Stuck on an old version because previous upgrade attempts failed. Or facing an upcoming end-of-life deadline with no clear path forward.
Security Remediation
Patches that need applying, vulnerabilities that need closing, compliance requirements that need meeting. Security debt that's accumulated over time.
Inherited Complexity
Sites taken over from previous developers or agencies. Custom code without documentation. Architectural decisions that nobody remembers making.
Declining Reliability
Increasing errors, intermittent failures, a general sense that the platform is becoming less stable. Often the result of accumulated small problems.
Stabilisation and Ongoing Technical Support
Not every situation requires major intervention. Sometimes what a Magento site needs is steady, competent technical oversight — someone who understands the platform deeply enough to identify problems early and address them before they become crises.
I offer ongoing support arrangements for businesses that need this kind of relationship. This means being available when issues arise, proactively monitoring platform health, planning upgrades and patches carefully, and providing senior guidance on technical decisions.
For one-off projects — a specific problem to solve, an audit to conduct, an upgrade to plan — I work on a defined scope with clear deliverables. Either model provides something that's hard to get from agencies: direct access to senior expertise without intermediaries.
When Magento's Future Becomes a Question
For some businesses, Magento remains the right platform for years to come. With proper maintenance, security attention, and performance optimisation, it can continue serving well beyond typical expectations.
For others, the calculation has shifted. The cost of maintaining an ageing Magento installation — both in direct expense and in opportunity cost — may exceed what a migration would require. When that's the case, the conversation changes.
I help businesses think through these transitions honestly. Headless approaches can modernise the customer-facing experience while preserving backend investment. Complete platform migrations make sense in some contexts. And sometimes the answer is to stabilise what exists and revisit the question in a year or two. What matters is making the decision based on your specific situation, not on generic advice.
The Independent Consultant Model
How this differs from typical agency relationships.
Single Point of Contact
You work with me. The person diagnosing your problem is the same person fixing it. No hand-offs, no communication chains.
Depth Over Breadth
Focused expertise in Magento and related technologies. Not a generalist agency spreading attention across dozens of platforms.
Straight Advice
Honest assessment of your situation, including when Magento isn't the right answer. No incentive to recommend work you don't need.
Personal Accountability
My reputation is attached to every project. There's no corporate buffer between the quality of work and my professional standing.
Book a Free 30-Minute Magento Surgery
A focused call to talk through your Magento challenges. I'll give you an honest assessment of where things stand and what your realistic options are. No strings attached.