Your next product. Your next feature. Shipped right from day one.

I build high-performance software products for founders who care about speed, quality, and ownership. Powered by AI, engineered for scale.

What You Get

what you get

The technical partner you need.

Speed to Market

I use a proprietary AI framework to skip months of boilerplate setup. I start building your unique features from day one — not month three.

Zero Technical Debt

Most agencies build fast and break things. I build fast and break nothing. Your product is enterprise-grade from the first line of code. No cleanup sprints later.

Total Ownership

No black boxes. No retained IP. You own the code, the infrastructure, and the roadmap. Walk away any time with everything you paid for.

how I work

Ship fast. Ship right.

Zero to Hero

Got an idea and no code? I take it from concept to deployed product — automated quality gates, test coverage, and CI/CD from commit one.

Slot Into Your Team

Already shipping? I embed into your existing codebase and team. No ramp-up theatre — I read the code, understand the architecture, and start delivering.

✓✓

Best Practice by Default

No cleanup sprints. No tech debt backlogs. Quality is structural, not aspirational — baked into every commit from the first one.

ai adoption

Not just code: AI for your whole business.

You don’t need to be technical to benefit from AI. Whether you’re running a sales team, managing operations, or leading a company — I help you find where AI saves real time, pick the right tools, and make sure your whole team actually uses them. No jargon, no hype. Just practical changes that stick.

Workflow Audit

I look at how your team works today — where time goes, what’s repetitive, what slows you down. No technical knowledge needed, just an honest conversation about your day.

Right Tool, Right Job

There are hundreds of AI tools out there. I cut through the noise and match you with the ones that actually solve your specific problems — not just the trendy ones.

Hands-On Training

No death-by-PowerPoint. I sit with your team, show them how to use AI in their actual work, and stay until everyone’s confident — not just the tech-savvy ones.

Build the Habit

Knowing about AI isn’t the same as using it. I help teams build daily habits so AI feels natural — like another team member, not another tool to learn.

Measure What Matters

I track real outcomes — hours saved, errors caught, decisions improved. You’ll see the impact in language your board and stakeholders understand.

Custom Playbooks

Every team gets a tailored guide — step-by-step workflows, prompts that work, and clear instructions anyone can follow. No technical background required.

Who this is for

Founders & CEOs Operations Teams Product Managers Non-Technical Teams

open-source framework · v3

Meet LumenFlow

LumenFlow v3 is the kernel-based delivery runtime I built and use across every engagement — now fully open source. Every tool call — from AI agents, CLI, or API — passes through a strict authorization kernel: scoped permissions, deny-wins policies, and an immutable evidence trail, before anything executes. Extend with packs, orchestrate multiple AI agents, and ship code that’s auditable by default.

Kernel Runtime Packs Scoped Execution Deny-Wins Policies Evidence Store MCP Multi-Agent AGPL-3.0

Kernel Runtime

Every tool call — AI agent, CLI, or API — passes through scope intersection, policy evaluation, and evidence recording before dispatch. Nothing bypasses the kernel.

Pack Architecture

The kernel is domain-agnostic. Software delivery, compliance, infrastructure — plug in a pack and get tools, policies, and state machines without touching the core.

Scoped Execution

Four-level permission intersection: workspace, lane, task, and tool. Empty intersection means the call never executes. No exceptions.

Immutable Evidence

Content-addressed audit trail records every tool call — inputs, outputs, timing, and policy decisions — before execution. Built for DTAC, ISO 27001, and SOC 2.

Multi-Agent Orchestration

Claude Code, Codex, and custom agents work simultaneously in isolated worktrees. The kernel coordinates; agents focus on code.

OS-Enforced Sandbox

bwrap isolation with write confinement and secret overlays. Blocks access to ~/.ssh, ~/.aws, .env. Boundaries enforced at the OS level.

Software Delivery Pack — included

The kernel handles governance. Packs handle your domain. The Software Delivery Pack ships out of the box and brings everything teams need to go from idea to production:

Automated quality gates Format, lint, typecheck, and test on every commit — no PR queues, no bottlenecks.

Parallel delivery lanes Multiple agents working simultaneously in isolated worktrees. Zero merge conflicts.

Elite DORA metrics Deployment frequency, lead time, failure rate — tracked automatically, not estimated.

Tests unlock code Failing tests come first. Code ships only when every gate passes. 97%+ pass rate across real projects.

Need something beyond software delivery? Packs are extensible — compliance reviews, infrastructure automation, data pipelines. Same kernel guarantees, your domain rules.

Explore LumenFlow → View on GitHub →

Open source — for technical leads & CTOs

built on lumenflow

PatientPath — AI for NHS patient safety

PatientPath is the digital companion for Martha's Rule — helping families document concerns and escalate care safely in NHS hospitals. Powered by Beacon, a clinical AI assistant, and built entirely on LumenFlow. This is what zero-to-hero looks like in practice.

90%+

Red-flag recall

8,400+

Commits shipped

143

NHS trusts in scope

670+

Test files (90%+ coverage)

Beacon AI Assistant

NHS-sourced health education with citation verification. Every medical claim backed by vetted sources (NHS, NICE, Cochrane).

Clinical Safety

DCB0129/DCB0160 compliance, Source Gate enforcement, and LLM-powered red flag detection — built in from day one.

Health Cards

Appointments, medications, checklists, and explainers saved as persistent cards. Question Prompt Lists exportable as PDF.

NHS Integration Ready

DTAC compliance pathway, FHIR interoperability, and flexible deployment: trust-level, ICS-level, GP practice, or direct-to-patient.

1,140+ work units delivered across 8 parallel lanes — real healthcare software shipped at pace, solo.

TDD-First DCB0129 Compliant 90%+ Test Coverage Hexagonal Architecture LumenFlow

track record

Measurable impact, not prototypes.

// regulated fintech — head of engineering

Regulated investment platform needed ground-up engineering leadership: no API, no data layer, manual reporting workflows, and an ambitious product roadmap on tight regulatory timelines.

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Stepped in as Head of Engineering. Built the API and NoSQL infrastructure from scratch, launched automated reporting (hours to clicks), led the team through three major product launches, and delivered the platform that won Leading Innovation at the Schroders UK Platform Awards 2024.

// nhs patient safety — solo greenfield build

Martha’s Rule needed a digital companion — helping families escalate care safely in NHS hospitals. No existing product. Clinical safety compliance required from day one. Scope: 143 trusts.

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Built PatientPath end-to-end, solo. 8,400+ commits, 670+ test files, 90%+ coverage. AI-powered clinical assistant with NHS source verification. DCB0129 compliant. Delivered via LumenFlow.

// enterprise saas — team augmentation

Growing SaaS platform with a backlog of high-priority features, an overstretched engineering team, and mounting technical debt slowing every release.

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Embedded into the existing team and codebase. Shipped critical features while progressively refactoring core modules. Introduced automated quality gates and TDD practices that reduced regression bugs and improved release confidence across the team.

why work with tom

Founder-led. Hands on keyboard.

No account managers. No juniors. When you hire hellm.ai, you get me — writing production code, owning architecture decisions, and shipping working software. Coding since age 7, 23+ years in the industry across fintech, healthtech, and enterprise SaaS. Postgrad AI & ML before it was a buzzword — neural nets, not chatbots.

One person, one conversation — no telephone game between you and the person doing the work
Fixed-scope engagements — you know the cost before a line of code is written
Every engagement runs on LumenFlow — you get the framework, not just the output
Schroders UK Platform Awards — Leading Innovation Award winner, 2024

get in touch

Ready to ship?

Free 30-minute call. I’ll review where you are, identify where AI and better engineering can make a real difference, and map out a plan to ship faster.

Founders: Tell me about your product vision, timeline, and budget.
Engineers: Tell me about your architecture, LumenFlow questions, and current stack.

or email directly

tom@hellm.ai