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Toby Retallick

How I work

The kinds of engagement I take on, and how I work with teams.

Hands-on technical lead

I lead the technical direction and still write production code. I set up delivery practices, such as pull request reviews, automated tests and CI, and I make sure the team can keep them going after I leave.

Senior engineer

I join an existing team as a senior full-stack engineer. I pick up the work quickly, raise the standard of the code around me, and help less experienced developers.

Stepping in to cover or steady a project

Sometimes a project loses a key person, or a platform becomes unstable. I step in, keep things running, and leave the team in a better state. On a super fund’s member portal, one month of cover became five.

AI-assisted delivery

I use AI agents in a disciplined way. Each change goes through a spike, a spec and a review before the build. Agents have a written scope, and a person approves every merge. I can help teams adopt the same approach. See how I used AI on Amador.