Hello, I'm
Kieran Marshall
Co-Founder · Laravel Developer · Solution Architect
Co-founder of Spira Studio. Over a decade of turning problems into well-built software — from a technical apprenticeship at O2 to leading development teams.
About
About me
I'm an early-90s kid who turned a habit of taking things apart and playing video games into a career. It started with a technical apprenticeship at O2, where I learnt project management and fell in love with software engineering.
What I'm good at is problem solving. Technology is the tool — the exciting part is using it to save people time and make users' lives easier. These days I focus on the high-level architecture of a project: anticipating what's coming and making sure the solution lands smoothly.
Studio
Spira Studio
Spira Studio is the software studio I co-founded in 2025, working with businesses across Yorkshire and Lancashire. We build bespoke platforms and long-term rebuilds for clients, alongside our own products.
I lead on architecture and scoping, making sure what we build fits how a business actually works.
Visit spirastud.iovera.
In betaOur product
HR and absence tracking for small teams, built in-house at Spira.
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What I do
Bespoke platforms
Laravel and PHP applications built for the way a business actually works.
SaaS products
Multi-tenant architecture that scales from first customer to hundreds.
APIs & infrastructure
Clean REST APIs, with reliable deploys on Forge, Envoyer and Cloudflare.
Scoping & delivery
Client discovery and technical project management that keeps builds on track.
Timeline
Working experience
Spira Studio
Co-Founder
Software studio building bespoke platforms, SaaS products and long-term rebuilds for clients across Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Edge Network
Senior Developer
Scoped and built a complex rebuild of a .NET system into Laravel for a high-profile client — customer-facing frontend, e-commerce and multi-tenant SSO. Onboarded new team members and worked closely with the client on quality.
Applied Digital Agency
Head of Development
Took ownership of existing client applications, set the technical direction and built a new development team — then moved into full-time management, scoping future projects directly with clients.
Ampersand
Development Manager
Managed the development team at an e-commerce agency, covering workflow and line management across client systems built on Magento.
Tribus Digital
PHP Developer Manager
Development lead on a bespoke auditing tool for a national civil engineering firm — a Symfony 4 API, Vue.js frontend and offline-capable Android app — from requirements gathering through to launch.
Telefónica (O2) & others
Technical Apprentice → Developer
Started with a technical apprenticeship at O2 studying Agile and Waterfall project management, moved into the internal development team, then in-house and agency placements.
Knowledge
Skills
Engineering
- Laravel
- PHP
- Multi-tenant SaaS
- API development
- Statamic CMS
- E-commerce
- Symfony
- Vue.js
- Backend-focused full stack
Architecture & infrastructure
- Solution architecture
- Server management
- Laravel Forge
- Envoyer
- Cloudflare
- DNS automation
Leadership & delivery
- Client communication
- Project management
- Agile
- Team leadership
- Scope management
Outside work
- Football
- Homelab hardware
- IoT & product development
- Music & gigs
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