Alan Chalmers

Engineering leadership
and platform architecture
for organisations at scale.

available

Senior technology contractor with 20+ years across financial services, SaaS, streaming, and regulated environments. Available for contract, consulting, and advisory roles.

20+
years technology leadership
5–7×
delivery via AI-assisted methodology
85%
IaC code reduction
95%+
team retention rate

About

I operate at the intersection of engineering leadership and platform architecture — building teams, designing systems, and driving delivery across complex organisations.

Comfortable across the full stack: from AWS multi-account infrastructure and Kubernetes down to Go backends and React frontends. Recent focus on cloud-native architecture, AI-assisted development, and platform modernisation at scale.

Services

  • Engineering Leadership
    Team building, delivery culture, roadmap alignment, distributed leadership.
  • Platform & Cloud Architecture
    AWS multi-account, IaC, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Well-Architected reviews.
  • Digital Transformation
    Cloud migration, legacy modernisation, SRE, observability, compliance.
  • Technical Advisory
    Platform reviews, vendor evaluation, FinOps, scaling strategy.
  • Full-Stack Development
    Go, Python, TypeScript, React. APIs, data pipelines, system architecture.
  • AI / ML Integration
    GenAI adoption, LLM & RAG architectures, AI-assisted engineering workflows.

Skills

cloudAWS · Azure · GCP · Kubernetes · OpenTofu · Terraform · Pulumi · FinOps
languagesGo · Python · TypeScript · C#/.NET · React · Node.js · Blazor
platformMicroservices · SRE · Observability · CI/CD · IaC · Incident Management
leadershipTeam Scaling · Agile · DORA Metrics · Distributed Teams · Stakeholder Mgmt
compliancePCI-DSS · IRAP · FedRAMP · ISO 27001 · SOC 2 · Zero Trust · CIS/NIST
industriesFinancial Services · SaaS · Payments · Streaming · Wagering · Regulated Envs

Recent Work

Cloud Migration Lead
2024–2025
  • Multi-account AWS with Transit Gateway and hybrid connectivity
  • 8 full-stack apps migrated with full IaC — 85% reduction in infrastructure code
  • AI-assisted methodology delivering 5–7× faster delivery
Head of Technology — Growth-Stage SaaS
2023–2024
  • Transformed stalled rebuild into a structured, deliverable roadmap
  • 80% WIP reduction across cross-functional Agile teams
  • Automated PCI-compliant payment processing workflows
Head of Engineering — Streaming Platform
2021–2023
  • Launched serverless OTT platform from zero to production scale
  • Grew engineering team 5 → 20 with 95%+ retention
  • AI-powered mobile UI framework — 37% conversion uplift

Contact

Available for contract work, consulting, and select full-time roles. Platform architecture, engineering leadership, or technical advisory — get in touch.

hello@alanchalmersconsulting.com.au
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