Available for contract work

Alex Hobday.

Technical Director  /  Fractional CTO  /  UX-Led Architecture

I design and build SaaS platforms end-to-end — from wireframes in Figma through to production infrastructure on Cloudflare and AWS. 20+ years shipping products for global brands.

London  ·  New York  ·  Los Angeles  ·  Remote worldwide

Proven Results

Selected Impact.

$200k+ ARR

Stripe subscription platform — designed UX flows and built the billing infrastructure

Stripe Node.js UX Design
3 Platform Migrations

Led complete SaaS rebuilds for a global membership platform with 1M+ member records

React MySQL Architecture
21 Locales / 13 Languages

Transactional email system for BeatsByDre.com using Exact Target

Exact Target i18n Email
15× Performance Gain

MySQL query optimisation on 1M+ row production database through indexing strategy

MySQL Performance SQL
5,000+ Inventory Items

Full UX redesign and rebuild of Petersen Automotive Museum website and CMS

UX Design CMS Frontend
18 Engineers & Designers

Led distributed teams across multiple timezones with Agile delivery

Leadership Agile Remote
Building Now

AI Voice Agent SaaS

Inbound call handling with AI — built on Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, Twilio, and OpenAI's Realtime API with WebSocket relay architecture.

Cloudflare OpenAI Twilio

Technical Expertise

Core Capabilities.

Design & UX

Figma Sketch Wireframing Prototyping User Research Responsive Design Design Systems Core Web Vitals

Frontend

React React Native Next.js TypeScript JavaScript HTML5 / CSS3 Tailwind CSS Hugo Astro

Backend

Node.js Express TypeScript REST APIs WebSockets Durable Objects Serverless

Infrastructure

Cloudflare Workers Cloudflare Pages R2 / D1 AWS DigitalOcean Docker Nginx CI/CD

Databases

MySQL PostgreSQL Cloudflare D1 Prisma ORM Redis Query Optimisation Schema Design

AI & Voice

OpenAI Realtime API GPT-4o Twilio Workers AI Helicone WebSocket Relay

Full-stack ownership I own the full product lifecycle — from initial user research and wireframing in Figma, through architecture and development, to deployment and performance monitoring in production.

Career

Experience.

2011 – Present · Remote Current

Technical Director & Founder

E-Digital Group

UX design, SaaS platform development, and cloud infrastructure for international clients. End-to-end product delivery from wireframes to production.

  • Full UX ownership: wireframing in Figma/Sketch, user research, responsive design, Core Web Vitals optimisation
  • 10+ year platform partnership with iFLY — Technical Director through 3 platform migrations
  • $200k+ ARR subscription billing system — designed both UX flows and Stripe backend
  • AI voice agent product on Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, Twilio, OpenAI Realtime API
  • React Native iOS app with biometric auth, push notifications, Sentry monitoring
  • Transactional email system via Exact Target across 21 locales, 13 languages
  • Distributed team leadership — up to 18 across multiple timezones
2019 – 2021 · Remote

Senior Developer

Platform.sh

Sole developer for marketing website at a global PaaS company. Bridged design and engineering across product, design, and marketing teams.

  • Owned the Platform.sh marketing website end-to-end
  • Managed $10k/month digital advertising budget and landing page optimisation
  • Collaborated across product, design, and marketing teams in a product company environment
2011 – 2013 · Santa Monica, CA

Senior Developer — Track Lead

Sapient Nitro

Led development track at a global digital agency delivering enterprise web projects.

  • Enterprise web projects for Sony, Beats by Dre, and Intel
  • Cross-functional team coordination between design, development, and QA
Contract · New York, NY

Front-end Developer

MCP Partners

Consumer-facing web development for major financial and telecoms brands.

  • Front-end development for Discover Card and AT&T
2007 – 2011 · Various

Earlier Career

J.Crew • JAM Interactive • Koala Web Solutions

E-commerce front-end templates (J.Crew / Blue Martini), startup co-founding, and freelance web development.

Education

MSc Information Technology

University of the West of England — 1999–2000

BA (Hons) Ancient History & Archaeology

University of Birmingham — 1993–1996

Let's Talk

Available for your
next project.

I'm available immediately for remote contract work — fractional CTO engagements, technical leadership, or hands-on development. Based in the UK with right to work in the UK, EU, and US.

Email

alex@edigitalgroup.com

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/alexhobday

Location

United Kingdom — Remote worldwide

Right to Work

UK / EU / US