Chris Marshall
Software Engineer
I’m Chris, a software engineer based in Glasgow, Scotland. I build backend services in TypeScript, Node.js and PostgreSQL: REST APIs, real-time event-driven services and Docker-containerised systems. Most recently a software engineer at Resolvo Development, shipping 40+ client applications end to end.
Durable state, retries, idempotent writes, and logs you can actually debug from.
Activity
1,096 contributionsSep 2025 — Sep 2026
Experience
Asda ExpressCurrentRetail Colleague · Part-timeJul 2026 — PresentScotland
Asda ExpressCurrent
Retail Colleague · Part-time
Jul 2026 — PresentScotland
- Working in store part-time alongside my Computing Science degree at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Marshal StudioFounder2025 — PresentGlasgow, Scotland
Marshal Studio
Founder
2025 — PresentGlasgow, Scotland
- Running Marshal Studio, a small design and development studio working with funded startups.
- Fixed scope and fixed finish dates, with the same person designing the screens and writing the code.
- Shipping websites and web apps end to end across Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js and PostgreSQL.
Resolvo DevelopmentSoftware Engineer · Full-timeMar 2024 — Mar 2026Europe · Remote
Resolvo Development
Software Engineer · Full-time
Mar 2024 — Mar 2026Europe · Remote
- Delivered 40+ responsive client applications end to end in PHP, React and TypeScript, from requirements and technical design through testing, DNS and deployment to post-launch maintenance.
- Designed and built backend services and REST APIs, including newsletter and automated transactional email systems, on relational schemas modelled per client platform.
- Worked directly with non-technical clients to turn business requirements into technical specifications, shipping in short iterative cycles with regular review checkpoints.
- Provisioned and maintained 3–5 virtualised Proxmox servers hosting every client environment at around 97% uptime, splitting compute across VMs by per-site load.
- Ran CI/CD with GitHub Actions and Git branching with pull-request review across concurrent projects, keeping releases repeatable and auditable.
- Diagnosed production performance and availability issues across the estate, from slow database queries to server-level resource contention.
Bathgate AcademyWork Experience · Indirect ContractAug 2024 — Jun 2025Bathgate, Scotland · On-site
Bathgate Academy
Work Experience · Indirect Contract
Aug 2024 — Jun 2025Bathgate, Scotland · On-site
- Worked alongside the teacher of an S3 Computing class, after completing Advanced Higher Computing Science in S5.
Realm BotHead of Software · ContractMay 2022 — Feb 2023Remote
Realm Bot
Head of Software · Contract
May 2022 — Feb 2023Remote
- Managed development of the software behind Realm Bot end to end.
- Built it in Node.js and TypeScript against public and internal Xbox and Microsoft APIs.
Things I've built
ImGuiStudioVisual feedback loop for AI agentsCompiles real Dear ImGui C++ to WebAssembly so agents can screenshot, inspect and drive the UI, then export it as a native app.FlowForgeDistributed workflow engineLease-and-heartbeat crash recovery, so no task is lost when a worker dies.SentinelReal-time fraud scoringEvent-driven scoring on Kafka at sub-second latency, behind a gated analyst dashboard.ToolMarketMarketplace backendIdempotent Stripe Connect webhooks, split payments and automated retries.olcliAI assistant for the terminalRuns Ollama models locally with streaming output and tool use.gaugeObservability platformMetrics collection and alert routing for cloud-native services.
Under the hood
menu.cpp
wasmEdit, build, see it
ImGuiStudio compiles real Dear ImGui C++ to WebAssembly in under a second, so an agent sees the pixels its code produces.
queuew1w2w3lease expireddone
No task left behind
FlowForge leases each task to a worker. When a heartbeat stops, the lease expires and another worker picks the task up.
risk 0.94
Scored as it streams
Sentinel scores every event off Kafka with sub-second latency, and holds the outlier for an analyst to review.
POST /webhooks/stripe
evt_3Qa8payment_intent.succeededapplied
evt_3Qb2transfer.createdapplied
evt_3Qb2transfer.createdskipped
evt_3Qc5charge.refundedapplied
Every webhook, exactly once
ToolMarket keys Stripe events by ID, so a retried delivery is recognised and skipped instead of paying out twice.
Education
Glasgow Caledonian UniversityCurrentBSc (Hons) Computing ScienceSep 2025 — Sep 2029Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow Caledonian UniversityCurrent
BSc (Hons) Computing Science
Sep 2025 — Sep 2029Glasgow, Scotland
- Year 2, with a current GPA of 4.0. Expected graduation 2029.
- Coursework spanning object-oriented programming, data structures and algorithms, database systems and discrete mathematics.
SQA QualificationsAdvanced Higher & HighersPre-universityScotland
SQA Qualifications
Advanced Higher & Highers
Pre-universityScotland
- Advanced Higher Computer Science at grade A.
- Highers: Computing Science (A), Administration & IT (A), Physics (B), English (B).