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Charlie Waite

Tech Lead. AI engineer. Founder of Camber Co.
12 years shipping software · London, UK

~/charlie ONLINE
0yrs shipping software
0 companies · 12 yrs
£m+ revenue helped generate
0k+ daily users impacted
0 personal apps shipped

$ git log --career

12 years, 7 companies, one direction.

  1. commit a4f9d2c (tag: tech-lead, HEAD -> main) Author: charlie@fairplay Date:   Jan 2024 — Present feat(career): helped scale revenue-generating subscription products Fairplay Sports Media · Tech Lead, Subscriptions

    Launched and scaled revenue-generating subscription products as part of a wider career helping generate millions in revenue across consumer platforms.

    Lead the frontend strategy for the global subscriptions team, balancing new commercial features with the modernisation of a 15-year-old legacy stack.

    AI advocate within the business — designing and deploying agents in n8n + ADK to automate internal workflows.

    Architect scalable frontend solutions that let marketing iterate quickly on pricing and bundles.

    Tech LeadAI Agentsn8nSubscriptionsLegacy Modernisation
  2. commit 8c2b1a7 (tag: senior-eng) Author: charlie@trainline Date:   Oct 2022 — Jan 2024 feat(a11y): full screen-reader-compliant booking flow Trainline · Senior Web Engineer

    Maintained and enhanced the web infrastructure for one of Europe's largest rail platforms.

    Spearheaded critical accessibility improvements, enabling a fully compliant end-to-end booking flow for screen reader users.

    Implemented Playwright for automated E2E testing across the platform — significantly reducing regression defects in production.

    On-call rotation, resolving high-priority customer issues to keep service running.

    PlaywrightAccessibilityCI/CDOn-call
  3. commit 3f1e7b9 Author: charlie@just-eat Date:   Feb 2021 — Oct 2022 feat(i18n): unified global checkout — 500k+ daily users Just Eat Takeaway · Senior Web Engineer

    Pivotal in building a unified global checkout used by 500,000+ customers daily across international markets.

    Led the i18n of core components, enabling expansion into new territories with bespoke language and currency requirements.

    Devised and ran rigorous A/B tests on checkout flows — directly impacting Gross Transaction Value.

    Mentored junior engineers and led code reviews in a high-traffic environment.

    i18nA/B TestingCheckoutMentorship
  4. commit b29c4a1 Author: charlie@oddschecker Date:   Jul 2019 — Feb 2021 feat(launch): scaled UK + US sites through 800x traffic surge Oddschecker · Senior Frontend Developer

    Led the frontend rebrand of the Oddschecker website — handled a traffic surge from 500 unique views to 400,000+ daily.

    Oversaw the US site launch and growth strategy, scaling from 60 daily users to a peak of 400,000.

    Established consistent dev processes and a component library — reducing tech debt and speeding feature delivery.

    Managed the frontend release lifecycle through periods of explosive concurrent traffic.

    Frontend LeadComponent LibraryRelease Management
  5. commit e7d34f2 Author: charlie@bbc Date:   Oct 2017 — Jan 2019 feat: video catalogue + EPG scheduling tools BBC (Editorial Services) · Web Developer

    Developed critical internal software managing the BBC's entire online video content library and EPG scheduling.

    Delivered robust, scalable tools supporting digital content delivery for internal production teams and external partners.

    Internal ToolingContent Systems
  6. commit 5a08b6d Author: charlie@blue-bridge Date:   Jul 2016 — Oct 2017 feat: web POS system with SQL Server reporting Blue Bridge Solutions · Junior Full Stack Developer

    Designed a web-based point-of-sale system in AngularJS + C# ASP.NET, including complex reporting features over SQL Server data.

    Managed the full application lifecycle — translating client business requirements into technical solutions.

    AngularJSC#SQL ServerFull Stack
  7. commit 0000000 (tag: root-commit) Author: charlie@plymouth Date:   2013 — 2016 root-commit: where it started University of Plymouth · BSc Computer Science (2:1)

    BSc Computer Science, University of Plymouth (2:1).

    First-class grade on final year project. Academic Award of Excellence (Plymouth University & BCS).

    2012 — 2013: Cornwall College — Access to Computing (Distinction). Academic Award of Excellence for distinctions in all modules.

    Computer Science2:1Awards

$ cat skills.json

What I work with.

skills.json

{

  "ai_automation": [

     "Claude Code" , "n8n" , "ADK" , "LLM Integration" , "AI Agents"

  ],

  "frontend": [

     "React" , "Astro" , "TypeScript" , "React Native" , "Swift / SwiftUI"

  ],

  "testing_devops": [

     "Playwright" , "CI/CD" , "SQL Server" , "Accessibility"

  ],

  "leadership": [

     "Legacy Modernisation" , "Internationalisation" , "A/B Testing" , "SEO" , "Mentorship"

  ]

}

hover any tag for context.

$ ls -la projects/

Things I've shipped.

Football IQ

Daily football trivia with 8+ game modes. AI-generated content nightly.

React NativeExpoSupabaseAI agents

A Wordle-style daily football trivia app with 8+ game modes — Career Path, Transfer Guess, Goalscorer Recall, Starting XI and more. Built with React Native + Expo, running on Supabase. AI agent pipeline auto-generates fresh puzzles nightly from real match data. Free for the last 7 days, with a one-time premium unlock for the growing archive.

PostHogRevenueCat
→ apps.apple.com

Jodz

Privacy-first cashflow forecasting for iPhone & Mac.

Swift 6SwiftUISwiftDataCloudKit

Jodz answers "where will my money be?" instead of "where did it go?". A single continuous timeline projects every bill, payday, subscription and scheduled event months ahead. Built end-to-end in Swift 6 + SwiftUI with SwiftData and CloudKit private database — no third-party SDKs, no analytics, no tracking. Universal Purchase across iPhone and Mac with a Home Screen widget.

Swift ChartsUniversal Purchase

bio-core

Specialist consumer e-commerce platform with AI support.

Next.js 15SupabaseWebGLTanStack Query

A high-performance specialist consumer e-commerce platform. Next.js 15 + Supabase + Tailwind, with a custom WebGL aurora hero, full admin dashboard for inventory, orders and content, and an AI-powered support chatbot with a configurable knowledge base. Adaptive performance tiering keeps the experience smooth from low-end Android to high-DPR desktop.

AI ChatbotStripe

ClipPin

Open-source Mac clipboard history manager.

SwiftmacOSOpen Source

A native Mac clipboard history manager. Open source on GitHub. Built for the kind of person who copies twelve things in a row and needs them all back later.

→ github.com/charliearlie/ClipPin

Plus AI Tools Suite

WhoScored Plus, Oddschecker Plus, Gazzetta AI Predictor.

SubscriptionsAISports Analytics

A suite of AI-assisted sports analysis tools shipped to high-volume audiences across WhoScored, Oddschecker and La Gazzetta dello Sport. Architected to support rapid experimentation on pricing, bundles and content surfaces.

AI-Native QA Systems

AI-driven browser automation with Playwright.

PlaywrightAI TestingBrowser AutomationCI/CD

Playwright-based testing systems augmented with AI — tests that understand what they're looking at, not just what they're clicking. Built early as a productivity layer and shipped into production before most teams were paying attention.

$ cat ~/.now

What I'm currently doing.

~/.now

last updated: 2026-05-01

  • leading subscriptions @ Fairplay Sports Media — part of a career helping generate millions in revenue
  • scaling Camber Co — AI automation for SMBs
  • shipping Jodz to the App Store
  • building bio-core
  • designing n8n agent fleets for clients
  • writing about all of it on the blog
$ linkedin.com/in/charlie-waite $ github.com/charliearlie $ cw5790@gmail.com

Want to build something together?

Camber Co takes on a small number of clients each quarter. If you've got an AI workflow, automation, or product idea you want shipped — let's talk.

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