More work than your team can finish, and more ideas than you can start.
About me
Tony Mowers
Principal Software Engineer & Technical Lead, Alika AG (ah-LEE-kah)
Since 2004, Alika AG has been my hands-on product development practice: I join teams with more work than they can finish, and build alongside them — from week one, not month three.
I focus on the product, not just the software. And I measure my work by what’s left when I leave: software your team can change, and a team that can change it.
I’ve been writing software since 1980, which is why I get up to speed fast: futures trading, malware analysis, public transit, network provisioning and elevator pricing, each entered cold.
What I’m brought in for
Taking an unfamiliar domain to shipped code
Elevator configuration, malware analysis, network provisioning: I learn the domain from your experts and turn it into working software.
Leading software engineering teams without leaving the code
Technical leadership from inside the team: planning the work, pairing, and writing production code myself.
Untangling service boundaries that have grown rigid
Reworking microservices toward hexagonal architecture so the key components become easy to change again.
Delivery pipelines into on-premise and regulated environments
CI/CD that ships into your cloud and into your own premises.
Companies I’ve built software with
- Swisscom
- Vantage Elevation
- Threatray
- TalkTalk
- Wind River Systems
- NextBus
- Bell Northern Research
I also teach advanced software engineering at Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH).
See what I did for them →Have more work than your team can finish?
Tell me what you’re building. I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.