Julien Sansot

I build, fix and run software.

I'm a senior engineer in London with 18 years of shipping web, mobile and e-commerce products, for startups and large companies alike. With AI in my workflow, I deliver in weeks what used to take months, in whatever stack you already have.

What I can do for you

Every piece of work gets a fixed scope and a fixed quote, agreed before I start.

Build

  • MVPs

    From idea to a working product in front of real users in weeks, not quarters.

  • Mobile apps

    iOS and Android from one codebase, with store releases, subscriptions and push notifications.

  • Shopify and Wix apps

    Custom apps and integrations: shipping, invoicing, customs, payments, checkout logic.

Fix

  • Vibe-code rescue

    Your AI-built prototype works in a demo. I make it secure, tested and ready for real customers.

  • Upgrades and best practices

    Outdated frameworks, no tests, slow deploys. I bring the codebase up to date and leave good habits behind.

  • Reliability audit

    I find the errors nobody sees, set up proper error tracking and fix what matters most.

Run

  • Monthly retainer

    A senior engineer on hand for maintenance, small features and upgrades, for a fixed monthly fee.

Recent work

A partner API and portal, built from zero

UK healthcare booking platform

I designed and built the company's B2B product on my own: an API with OAuth and JWT authentication, plus a web portal for partners who couldn't integrate the API themselves. As the team grew around it, I became its tech lead.

Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript

Every production app brought up to date

Same platform, years later

I upgraded all of the company's UK apps to Ruby 4.0 and Rails 8.1, with their background jobs, authentication and hosting stacks, while shipping new features end to end, including AI transcription of radiology reports.

Ruby on Rails, Hotwire, Sidekiq, Heroku, LLM APIs

Shopify apps for Swiss merchants

Swiss e-commerce app studio

I build and maintain several custom Shopify apps used by online shops, covering shipping, customs and invoicing, with backends that handle the merchants' orders and frontends that live inside Shopify's admin.

Ruby on Rails, React, Shopify APIs

18 years, three cities

Teams of every size, from building alone to leading a team inside a large company.

  1. 2008
    Paris

    Web applications for clients such as Volkswagen and SNCF

  2. 2012
    London

    Runpath, financial product comparison

  3. 2014
    Tokyo

    HSBC, Orange Japan, Tamecco

  4. 2016
    London, to this day

    Marks & Spencer, Ministry of Justice, Babylon Health, Cleo, Mindful Chef, Funding Circle, Carwow, and independent since

How I work

A fixed quote up front

You know the price and the scope before any work starts. No surprise invoices.

Your stack, your code

I work in the tools and repository you already have, and you own everything I write.

AI speed, senior judgement

AI writes a lot of the first draft. I review every line, test it and stand behind it.

Tell me what you're building.

Based in London, working with teams anywhere.

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