QA automation, internal tooling, AI workflow integration, and web development. Every engagement comes with a documented ROI case. I shipped a system at ev.energy that saved £19–33k/year at £0.08 per run.
Fixed-price projects, day-rate advisory, and monthly retainers.
Claude API + GitHub Actions pipelines that analyse test failures, generate fix PRs, and eliminate manual triage. Production-proven at scale.
Identify your most expensive manual process and eliminate it. I built ev.energy's internal portal for spinning up virtual EV chargers on demand — removing a hardware bottleneck that blocked daily testing. Scripts, bots, integrations, dashboards, handed over with documentation.
MVPs and full web apps. Next.js, React, Node, FastAPI, Supabase, Stripe. I've shipped two solo products — Buildrr (live) and Vylex (beta).
Connect AI to your existing business processes. Email triage, document processing, report generation, customer query automation — the same pattern behind a personal project of mine that scores gold-market news sentiment with the Claude API to generate trade signals.
4 years at ev.energy. I know OCPP, IEC 61851, smart charging, solar CT measurement, and EV hardware-software integration from the inside.
Cinematic product videos, LinkedIn content production, and drone coverage for tech companies, startups, and founders. 10M+ views track record.
Every project has a before, an after, and a number.
The QA team was spending 4–6 hours per day parsing test failures — stack traces, root cause analysis, PR write-ups. I built a GitHub Actions pipeline that feeds failure data to Claude Sonnet 4, classifies root causes automatically, generates precise fix PRs for mechanical failures, and sends an AI-enriched Slack summary with PR link. All in 21 seconds of added CI time at £0.08 per run.
Stack: Claude API · GitHub Actions · TypeScript · Node.js · Appium/WebDriverIO · BrowserStack · AWS S3 · Slack webhooks
Client needed a way for restaurant guests to upload photos and videos from their visit without downloading an app. Built a QR-driven web experience: customers scan, upload directly to the restaurant's Google Drive, and spin a prize wheel to win a menu item. Mobile-optimised, no login required.
Stack: JavaScript · Google Drive API · QR code generation · Mobile-first UI
Solo products, internal platforms, and AI experiments — same builder across all of them.
UK trade jobs marketplace. Live map of local jobs, instant quotes, zero commission ever — designed, built, and shipped solo.
buildrr-uk.vercel.app ↗AI-assisted project management and client-sharing SaaS for photographers and videographers, with Stripe billing built in.
vylex.app ↗Personal algo-trading system for XAU/USD — blends technical indicators with Claude-scored news sentiment to generate trade signals.
Claude API · PythonTwo internal platforms — spin up virtual chargers and virtual vehicles on demand, removing physical hardware from the daily test cycle.
Python · FastAPI · OCPPStraightforward. Fast. Documented at every stage.
You describe the problem. I ask questions. No pitch. We figure out if there's a fit and what the right approach is.
Specific deliverables, exact timeline, fixed price. You know what you're getting and what it costs before signing anything.
Contract signed, deposit received. I start immediately. Weekly updates every Friday. You always know where things stand.
Full deliverables plus documentation you can actually use. Your team can operate everything without needing me around.
Most clients continue with a monthly retainer for ongoing improvements, new workflows, and maintenance. 30-day notice to cancel.
I'm Zaki — an engineer who builds things and measures the outcomes. I spent 4 years at ev.energy progressing from Engineering Intern to QA Automation Lead, shipping production AI systems with documented ROI.
I run ZTS Consulting as a solo technical operator. That means you work directly with the person doing the work — not an account manager passing tickets to a junior developer.
When I'm not consulting, I'm building: Buildrr is a live UK trade jobs marketplace, Vylex is a SaaS platform in beta, and Visuals by Zaki has 10M+ views across platforms.
The practical details before you reach out.
Outside IR35. I contract as a consultant on standard commercial terms, not as a disguised employee.
£1,500. Most projects land between a scoped audit (£750–1,500) and a full build (£2,500–25,000+) depending on what's needed.
Usually within a week of the deposit landing. I run one or two engagements at a time, so you get direct access — not a queue.
Both. I've shipped production AI systems inside a scale-up (ev.energy) and built three products solo from zero. I can operate at either end.
New requirement, new quote. I'll flag anything outside the signed SOW before I start billing for it — no surprise invoices.
Send me a message describing what you're working on. I'll reply within 24 hours and we can set up a 30-minute call to see if there's a fit. No commitment.
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