Wilf Engel

Independent engineer · Based in Portugal

Software that moves
your business forward.

I'm Wilf, a senior software engineer with 10+ years of experience. I help teams put AI to practical use and design and build software, from the first idea through to delivery.

Experience across Bulb, Zoa & Centrica / British Gas.For technical & non-technical teams.

01 / Independent projects

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Ideas made tangible.

My own ideas, planned, designed and built as prototypes. A glimpse of the products I can take from concept to working experience.

Cueworth prototype showing European source signals and a translated opportunity digest with fictional example companies

Own prototype · AI research

Cueworth

European market research for equipment suppliers, with evidence and human review.

OpenHouse Tiny Kits website and configurable housing proposition

Own prototype · Product configurator

OpenHouse Tiny Kits

A configurable tiny-house offer, from a basic kit to a completed home.

Oficina Clara modular workshop website

Own prototype · Multilingual website

Oficina Clara

A modular workshop concept, from business proposition to multilingual website.

02 / How I help

Clear thinking.
Practical delivery.

Start with what your business needs to do. Then choose the right tools and the right amount of software.

Practical AI adoption.

Find where AI can help your team, test it against real tasks, and fit it into the way you work. People stay in control of important decisions.

Information retrieval · Drafting tools · Workflow automation

Software design & build.

Turn a business need into a clear plan and a working product, shaped around the people who will use it.

Websites · Internal tools · Integrations · Customer applications

Technical direction.

Work through architecture, priorities and delivery choices with an experienced engineer, whether you are starting fresh or improving an existing system.

System design · Technical reviews · Product direction

03 / The person behind the work

Senior engineering.
Clear communication.

More than a decade in London's engineering teams, from startups and scaleups to large organisations.

My experience spans Bulb and Zoa, through to work within Centrica / British Gas. I have been a technical lead for large customer-facing teams, with broad ownership of the systems they deliver.

I have also led AI tooling initiatives. I bring that mix of hands-on engineering and technical leadership to teams that need a clear plan and someone who can carry it through.

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04 / Working together

Clarity at every stage.

  1. Understand.

    Talk through the people, process and constraints behind the request.

  2. Map the options.

    Agree what should change, what can be reused and what a useful first release should do.

  3. Build & test.

    Deliver a focused piece of work and test it against real needs.

  4. Hand over.

    Make the system understandable and agree what happens after launch.

Let's talk

What could
work better?

Tell me a little about your business, what is getting in the way and what you would like to change. A rough description is enough to start.

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