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Noel Lynagh

I help startups and product teams move fast without breaking things. 17+ years shipping features, scaling systems, and building things that last.

Noel Lynagh
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About

Nearly two decades shipping production systems from scratch, leading engineering teams, and solving messy real-world problems. Founded two award-winning companies. Worked with brands like Mercedes-Benz, BestBuy, and major record labels.

Whether you need someone to own an early prototype, level up a growing codebase, or unblock your team on something gnarly — I can help.

I'm independent, fast, and easy to work with. I don't need micromanaging, I write clear code with comments, and I'll always raise flags early if something seems off.

Skills

AI & LLMs

GPT-4 Claude LangChain Vector DBs RAG Fine-tuning

Python Backend

FastAPI Pydantic PostgreSQL SQLAlchemy Redis Asyncio

Infrastructure

Docker AWS CI/CD Nginx

Frontend

React TypeScript Tailwind

Selected Work

The Rights

2022–2024 Acquired

Head of Technology

Led team of 5 building music rights licensing platform from prototype to production. Used by major record labels & publishers to streamline sync licensing deals. Acquired by Soundstripe.

Python · FastAPI · React · PostgreSQL

Dropr

2013–2020

Co-Founder & CTO

Co-founded and built entire backend for online portfolio platform. Grew to 200K+ artists worldwide sharing 2M+ artworks. Award-winning (Lovie, Webby, SXSW Finalist).

PHP · MySQL · ElasticSearch · AWS

Zego

2020–2022

Senior Software Engineer

Developed ML-based pricing factors for insurance products using user behavior data. Migrated auth system to Auth0 and built Salesforce integration microservice.

Python · FastAPI · gRPC · AWS

Let's work together

Available for contract work, consulting, and full projects. Remote from the UK, timezone-flexible.

Wales, UK