Independent Web Development

Senior engineering,
without the overhead.

L'ingénierie senior,
sans les intermédiaires.

Full-stack development, AI integration, and technical consulting — no committees, no handoffs, no delays. You work directly with a senior engineer from day one. Available globally, based in the south of France.

Développement full-stack, intégration IA, et conseil technique — pas de comités, pas d'intermédiaires, pas de délais inutiles. Vous travaillez directement avec un ingénieur senior dès le premier jour. Disponible partout dans le monde, basé dans le sud de la France.

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Full-Stack Web Apps

End-to-end development from data models to user interface. Decisions get made fast — no approval chains, no account managers between you and the work.

02

Backend & APIs

Robust API design, third-party integrations — including Amazon Connect, Lex, and cloud communication platforms — and system architecture that scales.

03

CMS & Platform Work

Drupal and WordPress at a senior level — custom modules, complex content architectures, and migrations done properly.

04

Technical Consulting

Architecture reviews, technology decisions, and strategic input. A senior voice without the cost of a full-time hire — and available the same week you need them.

I'm Ian Hall — a Principal Software Engineer with over 25 years of experience building and maintaining web systems for companies across North America and Europe.

I work directly with founders, CTOs, and engineering leads — no account managers, no handoffs. You get the person who writes the code in the room from day one.

Based in Aix-en-Provence, France. Available across time zones.

Beyond the chatbot.
Actual AI engineering.

Generative AI is only useful when it's wired into something real. I build AI-powered features that integrate with your existing systems — retrieval-augmented search, intelligent assistants, and enhanced contact centre flows that go well beyond out-of-the-box LLM wrappers.

RAG-style search & retrieval LLM integration & prompt engineering Amazon Connect & Lex AI-enhanced chatbots Embedding pipelines OpenAI / Anthropic APIs
PHP TypeScript JavaScript Node.js Python Drupal WordPress REST APIs Amazon Connect AWS PostgreSQL MySQL Linux Git

Let's talk about
your project.

Location Aix-en-Provence, France
Availability Open to new projects
Time zones CET — works globally