Working with the United States
A senior UK engineer for US small businesses.
Custom websites, booking, AI chatbots and automation — senior-level work at one engineer's rate, not an agency's payroll.
US agencies quote agency prices because you're paying for account managers, project managers and overhead before a single line of code is written. I'm one senior engineer with 11 years across fintech, eCommerce and AI — you brief me, I build it, and the quote reflects one person's rate. For a small business that needs a website that sells, a booking system, or software that kills manual admin, that's a very different economics.
Why this works
Why businesses in the United States work with me.
One senior engineer's rate instead of an agency's payroll — you pay for the work, not the org chart around it.
I've built and scaled the systems US small businesses run on: payments, high-traffic storefronts, scheduling, integrations, and AI that's wired into real workflows rather than bolted on.
Everything is built to be found — technical SEO and AI-search optimization (GEO) are part of the build, not an upsell afterwards.
Async-friendly by design: clear written scopes, staging links, and decisions documented — so the time difference costs you nothing.
The practical bit
How working together actually runs.
Timezone
The UK is 5 hours ahead of the East Coast and 8 ahead of the Pacific. Your whole morning on the East Coast overlaps my afternoon — that's hours of live collaboration daily — and West Coast clients get guaranteed morning slots. Work I do lands in your inbox before you start your day.
Contracts & payment
You contract with TSMW Development LTD, a registered UK limited company, on a fixed written quote — no hourly meter running. Invoices are payable by international transfer, and cross-border payment to a UK company is routine.
Fully remote delivery
The process is built for remote: a scoping call, a written proposal, then a live staging URL you can open any time to see exactly where things stand. Short calls when decisions need making, written updates in between.
Relevant work
Proof, not promises.
Systems at the scale US businesses expect — AWS microservice re-architecture, payments for a high-traffic retailer, and AI built through an entire product.
eCommerce · PIM SaaS
Pimberly
Re-architecting an eCommerce platform from monolith to microservices — so each client's processing scales on its own.
Per-client scaling — monolith re-architected to microservices on AWS
eCommerce · Beauty retail
Beauty Bay
Payments, a discounts engine, and re-engineering the core of a high-traffic beauty retailer.
Payments + scale discounts engine & core systems re-engineered
Energy
Enerio
AI woven through an energy platform — intelligent agents, integrations, and GDPR-grade privacy.
GDPR-grade privacy — no data leaves the perimeter
What I build
What I build for businesses in the United States.
Websites
Business websites
A site that turns visitors into enquiries.
Websites
Booking & scheduling
Let customers book and pay online, day or night.
Automation & AI
AI chatbots, assistants & agents
Answer questions and capture leads 24/7.
Automation & AI
AI integration & agents
Put AI to work inside your business — properly.
Get found & grow
Lead-generation systems
Turn your website into a steady stream of enquiries.
Custom builds
Bespoke software & automation
Custom tools for how your business actually works.
Common questions
Questions from the United States.
Why hire a UK developer instead of a local US agency?
Because you get a senior engineer directly, at one person's rate. US agencies layer account management and overhead into every quote; with me, the person you brief is the person who builds it. UK–US remote work is completely standard in software — the code, the staging links and the calls work exactly the same.
How much overlap will we actually have?
East Coast: your 9am is my 2pm, so we share your entire morning. Central and Mountain: still solid overlap before my evening. Pacific: I hold morning meeting slots, which land in your 8–10am. In practice clients rarely wait more than a few working hours for anything.
Do you quote in dollars?
I quote fixed prices, and can denominate the quote in USD if that's easier for your bookkeeping. Either way it's a written, fixed amount agreed before work starts — not an open-ended hourly engagement.
What kind of US businesses is this a fit for?
Small and mid-sized service businesses: anyone who needs a website that generates leads, online booking with payments, an AI assistant that answers customers 24/7, or custom software to replace spreadsheet-and-email admin. If you need a 50-person enterprise vendor with a compliance department, I'll tell you honestly on the first call.
Got a project in United States?
A free 30-minute call, straight with me — wherever you are. I'll tell you honestly whether I can help and what it would take.
No deck. No drip campaign. One reply.