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Paul
Founder
Close to the problem. Accountable for the work.
Shovelstone is an independent engineering consultancy. We work alongside organisations to turn technical uncertainty into dependable software, with a practice shaped by measurement science, enterprise infrastructure, and machine learning research.
Learn the domain. Build with its people.
We bring technical consulting and hands-on engineering into the same engagement. Working with the people closest to the operation helps us understand what matters, test assumptions, and take a useful solution into production.
Our forward-deployed approach means joining the working team, owning a defined technical workstream, and sharing the knowledge needed to operate and extend the result.
Our approach ↗Paul and the team.
A team of 10 bringing the right mix of people to each project.
The experience behind our practice.
Our practice draws on prior professional and research experience in measurement science, financial infrastructure, and machine learning.
Measurement science
A background in metrology informs how we work with accuracy, uncertainty, traceability, and repeatable results.
Paul McBrien’s air temperature research is listed in a EURAMET report involving national metrology laboratories across Europe.
Explore our researchEnterprise infrastructure
Experience with network inventory and automation in financial services shapes our approach to operational dependencies, controlled change, and auditability.
Machine learning research
A research background informs how we frame experiments, evaluate models, and understand the limits of an automated decision.
Technologies we work with.
From scientific computing to the systems your business runs on, we choose tools for the workflow, constraints, and people who will maintain them.
Next.js
Vercel
Shopify
Sanity
Storyblok
Payload CMS
BigCommerce
PlanetScale
SvelteKit
Swift
KotlinBring us a problem worth solving.
Bring us the challenge. We'll bring the right questions and a clear path forward.