Eric Scott · Software Performance Specialist

Your software should be 60% faster. I’ll prove it.

I embed with engineering teams to find and fix the performance bottlenecks that nobody has time to chase — cutting cloud costs, taming LLM spend, and shipping measurable improvements every week.

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If this sounds familiar, we should talk.

  • API response times are creeping up and nobody has time to investigate.
  • Cloud and LLM bills grow every quarter, but your traffic hasn't doubled.
  • Your team is shipping features — performance always falls to "next sprint."
  • You've fixed the obvious stuff. The real bottlenecks need deeper instrumentation to find.

Your engineers should be building product.

A specialist gets results faster, costs less, and leaves your team free to ship what matters.

Hiring in-house

  • £100k+/year salary

    Plus benefits, equipment, management overhead

  • 3–6 months to hire

    Recruitment, interviews, notice periods, onboarding

  • Too close to the code

    Hard to spot what you see every day — blind spots compound

  • Ongoing commitment

    What happens when the performance work is done?

Working with me

  • £5,000/month

    No recruitment costs, no benefits overhead

  • Start next week

    No hiring process — book a call and we begin

  • A fresh pair of specialist eyes

    Surgically attacking the parts of your app and infrastructure that matter most

  • Walk away when it's done

    Three-month minimum, then month-to-month

A clear process, measurable results.

Every engagement follows the same proven methodology. No surprises.

01

Instrument

I audit your existing observability setup — or build one from scratch. By the end of week one, we have real production data to work with.

02

Analyse

I dig into the data, identify the highest-impact bottlenecks, and prioritise them by business value. You'll know exactly what's costing you the most.

03

Fix & improve

I implement optimizations, validate every fix with production metrics, and move to the next bottleneck. Measurable results, not guesswork.

Transparent pricing. No surprises.

One plan. One price. Everything you need to make your software measurably faster.

Monthly retainer

£5,000

Per month · 3-month minimum contract, extend as long as you need.

  • Production profiling & instrumentation setup
  • Root-cause analysis & prioritised fix roadmap
  • Hands-on implementation of optimizations
  • LLM usage auditing & cost optimization
  • Performance regression monitoring
  • Weekly progress reports
  • Team mentoring on performance practices

Your software should be faster.

Book a free 20-minute call to discuss your performance challenges. No obligation, no pitch deck — just an honest conversation about what’s possible.