Christopher Little-Savage, Technology Leader
I'm a technology leader who has built engineering teams and platforms from the ground up. At PowerX, I built a distributed engineering organisation and a platform processing 2B+ data points per day across 20,000 locations. I have founded companies in London and Kampala, and am now building AI tooling at Cloudflare. My experience spans engineering, delivery, data, and security.
Experience
Senior Systems Engineer, AI Agents, Cloudflare (London)
My team builds tooling at the frontier of AI agent development. I am involved in design, development and review, making heavy use of AI to increase correctness and velocity. Following the departure of our team leaders, I have also informally coordinated team projects and helped promote collaboration.
Technical Founder and AI Consultant (London, Remote)
- I prototyped agent systems for code modernisation, coding, code review and spreadsheet analysis, exploring how deterministic controls and human review can make AI-generated work dependable.
- I also consulted for Giving What We Can, contributing to their digital product, establishing secure AI-use policies and running a three-month training programme for non-technical staff.
Head of Engineering, PowerX AI (London, Remote)
Founding Software Engineer, PowerX AI (London, Remote)
- Technology ownership: As the technology lead, I owned engineering delivery, infrastructure, security, vendor selection and an estimated £1m+ annual people budget. I led day-to-day prioritisation across engineering, data science, QA and product.
- Platform scale: I built the platform from scratch to process 2B+ data points (600 GB daily) across 300+ metrics from 20,000 telecom sites in Africa, while keeping infrastructure costs at low four-figures per month.
- Team building: I personally hired and led a 15-person distributed team, eventually managing the leads of four squads.
- Business strategy: I led three generations of the core data platform, deliberately deferring investment until customer demand justified it.
- Security: I established engineering controls for ISO 27001, passing our first external audit with no engineering findings.
Software Innovation Engineer, GSMA (London, Remote)
I led an international team of six from prototype to release, delivering a Mobile Money test platform for major network operators in sub-Saharan Africa. We also explored research directions such as USSD and voice input to provide accessible mobile services in low-bandwidth environments.
Founder / CTO, Tyro (Kampala)
I founded Tyro to address Uganda's technical skills gap, training nine local developers through web development tuition and paid client projects. I also set up the local legal entity, managing local payroll and taxes.
Selected Earlier Work
I have advised many startups worldwide on rapid product development and helped deliver their proofs of concept and minimum viable products.
Oversaw the outsourced build and cloud deployment, and shaped the technical product strategy.
Delivered an oversized feature list against a tight deadline by selecting appropriate third-party services.
Led four remote developers in Poland, managing the backlog, code review and training.
Produced research reports and blockchain proofs of concept, and guided technical strategy.
Built the full-stack MVP of an AI analytics dashboard.
Governance
Trustee and Co-Treasurer, Michael and Betty Little Trust
I review grant applications quarterly and oversee disbursements and financial administration.
Education
University of Cambridge - MEng Advanced Computer Science, Distinction; BA Computer Science, First Class
I received the Jordan Senior Scholarship and Sudbury-Hardyman Prize and presented my undergraduate research on type inference at an international conference
Languages
English and French (native); Spanish (conversational)