Where I work
Based in Mumbai (UTC+5:30), working your hours.
Overlap by market
| Market | City | Overlap, local time | Work week |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | New York EDT | Mon–Fri 09:00–14:29; Mon–Fri 14:30–18:00 | Mon–Fri |
| United States | Chicago CDT | Mon–Fri 09:00–13:29; Mon–Fri 13:30–18:00 | Mon–Fri |
| United States | San Francisco PDT | Mon–Fri 09:00–11:29; Mon–Fri 11:30–18:00 | Mon–Fri |
| United Kingdom | London BST | Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00 | Mon–Fri |
| European Union | Berlin CEST | Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00 | Mon–Fri |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai GST | Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00 | Mon–Fri |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh GMT+3 | Mon–Thu, Sun 09:00–18:00 | Sun–Thu |
| Japan | Tokyo GMT+9 | Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00 | Mon–Fri |
| South Korea | Seoul GMT+9 | Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00 | Mon–Fri |
Markets
United States
Founders and CTOs who need senior engineering without a full-time hire: MVPs, AI features, performance work and rescuing apps built in a hurry.
East Coast mornings overlap my evening block; West Coast overlap is short, so we plan around it with written updates.
English · USD · Google, Bing (and ChatGPT search, which draws on it)
United Kingdom
Scale-ups and agencies that want a senior engineer for platforms, performance and security, with most of the working morning in common.
UK mornings fall in my afternoon, which makes daily calls easy.
English · GBP · Google, Bing
European Union
Product teams in Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland and the Nordics, including the engineering behind GDPR, the Accessibility Act and the AI Act.
Central European time is three and a half to four and a half hours behind India, so most of the working day overlaps.
English · EUR · Google, Bing
United Arab Emirates
Digital teams building platforms that must meet the UAE's data-protection law, with nearly the full working day in common.
Since 2022 the UAE federal government has worked Monday to Friday, with Friday a half day. Dubai is a short flight from Mumbai for in-person workshops.
English and Arabic · AED · Google
Saudi Arabia
Transformation programs and product teams that need data kept in the right place under Saudi Arabia's Personal Data Protection Law.
Saudi Arabia works Sunday to Thursday, so four working days overlap fully.
Arabic and English · SAR · Google
Japan
Companies modernizing legacy systems and adding AI, working with detailed plans, documentation and a predictable process.
Japan is three and a half hours ahead: my morning is your afternoon.
Japanese and English · JPY · Google, Bing, Yahoo! JAPAN
South Korea
Startups and scale-ups going global that need AI and product engineering at speed.
Korea is three and a half hours ahead: my morning is your afternoon.
Korean and English · KRW · Naver, Google
Wherever you are, start with a brief.
A short brief is enough to start. I’ll reply with questions, a suggested first step and when I could begin.