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Engineering leadership
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Hi 👋 i'm Brian. I specialise in the messy middle, where MVP's need to become real products and teams need technical direction.

Brian Dillon
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Hi, I'm Brian.
Over the past 11+ years, I've worked in across healthcare, AI, education, blockchain, and a variety of SaaS — often taking products from early concept through to production within environments where ethics, data sensitivity, regulation, and trust matter.
My primary focus falls between engineering and compliance. I help teams build production architecture, translate privacy and regulatory requirements into practical engineering work, and expose risk early where a technical audit is useful. This includes privacy-by-design controls, DPIA-ready documentation, access and retention models, AI governance readiness, and preparation for frameworks like the EU AI Act (I'm currently completing the AIGP certification).
I work primarily with startups and SMEs building AI products that need to ship and stay compliant. Architecture decisions, compliance engineering, and hands-on development - from GDPR and EU AI Act readiness to production deployment.
How I work
I usually embed with your team, join your standups, review your PRs, and stay until the work is done. The goal is always to leave your team stronger than I found it - with better architecture, clearer processes, and the confidence to own what we built together. It's important for me that there is a shared understanding in each deliverable, leading to better outcomes for your business and consumers.
Most of my engagements are 2-3 days a week over 3-6 months. Long enough to make a real impact, structured so you're not paying for a full-time hire when you need a part-time one.