Radical IT is a boutique software consultancy founded in London, 2005. We are a diverse team of experts with a shared passion for agile working and a firm belief that meaningful work should always be fun.
We don't just build software—we craft solutions that make a difference. Whether we're working with startups, scale-ups, or industry giants, our approach is the same: collaborative, transparent, and always focused on delivering customer value.
Our strength lies in our ability to move fast without breaking things (unless they need breaking). Because for us, success isn't just about shipping code—it's about creating software that people love to use.
Our team is a blend of seasoned professionals and fresh talent, each bringing unique skills and perspectives to the table. Click on a person to learn more about them.
Agile Coach and Team Lead
Simon's expertise is the building and leading of our high impact software development team. Over 20 years experience of the full software development life cycle. He has in-depth experience of planning time-boxed product increments, team sprint planning, and executing outcome based deliveries.
Working in close collaboration with product owners and stake holders, he is adept at defining tangible MVP releases that deliver on team commitments. He believes in a self-organising team who honour and respect agreed ways of working, whilst ensuring that the team stays accountable.
Scrum Master and Quality Assurance
Sarah is an experienced Certified Scrum Master who leads, coordinates and facilitates the delivery of our projects.
She is skilled at manually testing various software to ensure it meets Radical IT's high-quality standards.
Business Analyst
Wendy has extensive experience across business architecture and analysis, user research and product management. She bridges the gap between business and technical domains, engaging with users and managers to identify needs and understand strategic goals, and development teams in designing and delivering innovative and practical solutions that solve real business problems.
Lead Automation Engineer
Gabriel specialises in creating automation frameworks for highly complex, enterprise, multi-tier projects. ISTQB/ISEB certified, Gabriel has extensive experience with Selenium WebDriver (BDD/PageObject) and Cucumber.
Head of Frontend & UX
Paul is our senior frontend engineer, and leads on user engagement and frontend development. He's able to turn complicated user journeys into clear, easy to use, functionality.
Frontend & Design
Pete is our frontend engineer, responsible for UI visual design and engaging interaction, he also has many years of technical frontend development, and is also our lead graphic designer.
Frontend / Full Stack
James is a software engineer specializing in web development. He has experience working on a range of projects within the professional services sector, delivering both internal tools and customer-facing web applications.
Head of Backend
Dmitry is the team's chief software architect responsible for overall architectural design and lead back end engineer. He's also the team's DevOps lead, specialising in cloud-based infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines (AWS, Azure).
Backend / Full Stack
Darren is a senior full-stack engineer with over 20 years experience. Equally comfortable in backend and frontend, Darren has designed and built many solutions across a multitude of industries. He is well-versed in various languages and frameworks like Node, Typescript, Java and Spring, React, Angular, Vue and Svelte. In his spare time, Darren enjoys taking on DIY projects and spending time with his family.