Noel Lynagh
I help startups and product teams move fast without breaking things. 17+ years shipping features, scaling systems, and building things that last.
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.
Currently building Spines — an AI-powered mobile app that identifies books from shelf photos and surfaces personalized recommendations.
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
Python Backend
Infrastructure
Frontend & Mobile
Selected Work
Spines
2026–Founder
Building a mobile app that uses AI vision to identify books from shelf photos and surface personalized recommendations. Point your phone at a thrift store bookshelf, get instant picks tailored to your taste.
The Rights
2022–2024 AcquiredHead 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.
Dropr
2013–2020Co-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).
Zego
2020–2022Senior Software Engineer
Developed ML-based pricing factors for insurance products using user behavior data. Migrated auth system to Auth0 and built Salesforce integration microservice.
Let's work together
Available for contract work, consulting, and full projects. Remote from the UK, timezone-flexible.
Wales, UK