Senior .NET Architecture & Development

Yes — it is a large part of what I do. You keep the client relationship and your branding; I build the system behind it. I can join calls as a member of your team, or stay entirely invisible and deliver through you. Whichever you prefer is fine, as long as it is agreed up front.

Yes. Most engagements are existing systems. The first step is a read-only pass over the repository and database to produce a written assessment — what the architecture actually is, where the risk sits, and what order to address it in. That assessment is useful to you whether or not we continue.

I am based in India (UTC+5:30). That gives a full working-morning overlap with the UK and Western Europe, and an afternoon overlap with Australia. For US clients the overlap is limited to early mornings Eastern, so I am usually a poor fit for teams that need same-hours collaboration all day.

You do, from the first commit. Work happens in your repository and deploys to your infrastructure under your accounts. There is no proprietary framework you have to keep paying for, and nothing is held back as leverage at the end of an engagement.

Retainer for ongoing work — a fixed number of days per month at a fixed monthly fee. Fixed price for a defined, bounded piece of work where the scope is genuinely clear. I avoid hourly billing because it rewards the wrong thing.

As an overseas supplier invoicing your company directly, usually in GBP, EUR, AUD or USD by bank transfer, or through your agency if you would rather keep it on one purchase order. On the UK off-payroll rules: I am not a UK-resident worker and there is no UK entity in the chain, so the usual IR35 status-determination process is not the framework this sits in — but that is your finance team's call to confirm, not mine, and I will supply whatever paperwork they need. EU clients typically handle it as a reverse-charge B2B service.

In your accounts, in your region. Work happens in your repository and deploys to your infrastructure — nothing is hosted on my side, and I do not keep copies after an engagement ends. For UK and EU clients that means personal data never leaves the jurisdiction you chose, because I am working inside your environment rather than moving data into mine. A signed DPA is available if your vendor onboarding needs one.