Tinkerer · Engineer · Leader
Point me at the chaos.
I’m Adam Probert, a software and platform engineer, technical leader, and committed generalist with 10+ years across data platforms, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and live operations. Drop me somewhere unfamiliar and I’ll build a model of how it fits together fast, work out where it’s actually stuck, and start simplifying. Then I grow the engineers who inherit it, and build things with my hands when the screen goes off.
The decisions behind the systems
Engagements across data, platforms, and distributed systems. Anonymised, and written around the decisions rather than the logos.
Restoring trust in a live game's revenue analytics
Rebuilt a trusted, repeatable analytics foundation after revenue reporting lost credibility.
A large-scale source-control and workflow-platform migration
Led the migration of hundreds of repositories and a major orchestration upgrade against a demanding timeline.
Designing a notification system for a high-concurrency multiplayer platform
Chose a pragmatic long-polling and Redis design over a fashionable one, fitting real platform and delivery constraints.
Things I've built for myself
Rovers, games, teaching tools, and the occasional service fleet built for an audience of one. Curiosity with a deadline.
Cheddar
A six-wheeled rover that crabs, spins on the spot, and climbs stairs.
ScrapKings
A top-down arcade roguelike about bolting a ridiculous machine together mid-run.
Build Pipeline Orchestrator
Durable Unity build orchestration on Temporal, with the reasoning written down.
Away from the workbench
The things I do when I'm not building something.
- Miniature painting
- Hiking
- Mountain biking
- Kayaking
- Gaming
Have a difficult, important problem?
I’m happiest where the problem is unclear, several teams need to work together, and the outcome actually matters. If that sounds like your situation, let’s talk.
- Talk through a hard technical problem
- Scope a platform, data, or distributed-systems build
- Get a second opinion on an architecture or delivery plan
- A role or engagement worth a conversation