Walker Technical Consulting

// Independent software & data engineer

Software for the work you shouldn't be doing by hand.

Using AI-assisted development, I build custom tools, automation, and data pipelines that take the repetitive busywork off your team's plate, so it stops eating their week.

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// why now

Custom software used to be a big-company luxury. That just changed.

Building software around how your business actually works used to mean months of effort and a five-figure budget, so most small and mid-sized businesses made do with spreadsheets and off-the-shelf tools that didn't quite fit. AI-assisted development has changed that. The tools alone aren't the whole story, though. Combined with ten years of engineering experience and the judgment to know what to build and how to build it well, they let me deliver the same quality of custom software in a fraction of the time it used to take, at a price that makes sense for a business your size.

The same quality of work, at a price a small business can actually afford.

// what I build

Four ways I get time back for your business.

automate

Kill the repetitive work

Scheduled jobs, data scraping, and automated reports that replace the weekly copy-paste-and-format ritual with something that runs itself.

connect

Make your tools talk

Get data out of spreadsheets, accounting software, and the apps that don't sync, and into one place you can actually use and trust.

data

Turn your data into answers

Make the data you already have easy to use, with clean dashboards and plain-language reports that answer the questions you keep asking, instead of digging through spreadsheets to find out.

build

Tools that fit how you work

Custom internal apps built around your real workflow, for the parts of the job no off-the-shelf product quite handles.

// often asked for Web apps & internal UIs Live data monitoring Process optimization Route & scheduling planning Lead-generation tooling Automated reporting CNDDB & CEQA tooling Custom dashboards System integrations
// how it works

Clear scope, fixed price, and I'm still around afterward.

We talk

A short call to find the single most expensive repetitive thing you or your team does.

Fixed scope

One clear deliverable at one agreed price, so you know the cost before any work starts.

I build & hand off

Working software, documented plainly, set up so your team can actually use it.

Ongoing support

I'm still here when the business changes and the tool needs to change with it.

// client work

What this looks like in practice.

Rocks Biological Consulting · CEQA biological resources
Days → minutes

Rocks Biological Consulting is a California firm that prepares the biological resources analysis for CEQA projects. Every project started the same way: query CNDDB for special-status species and sensitive natural communities near the site, check each record against current state and federal listing status, then build the potential-to-occur tables and report sections by hand. That groundwork took days per project. I built the tools that do it for them:

  • CNDDB query pipeline. Pulls occurrence records for a project area automatically, replacing manual database searches and exports.
  • Species cross-referencing. Parses CDFW's published special-status species lists and matches them against the query results, so listing status is always current.
  • Potential-to-occur reporting app. A web app where biologists review candidate species for a site, record habitat determinations, and export the potential-to-occur tables for the report.
  • CEQA report assembly. Drafts the repeatable sections of the biological resources report from that structured data, so staff edit and sign off instead of starting from a blank document.

The result: a multi-day manual process now takes a few minutes of review, and the output is consistent from one project to the next.

// who you'd be working with

Hi, I'm Grayson Walker.

Grayson Walker, software and data engineer

I'm a software and data engineer with ten years of experience building production systems. That ranges from petabyte-scale data pipelines and live data-monitoring tools that run every day without anyone watching them, to the web apps, internal tools, and user interfaces a business runs on. I take on a small number of independent clients where I can build something that actually gets used, rather than another dashboard nobody opens.

You work with me directly. No account managers, no handing the job to a junior. The same person who scopes the work builds it and supports it.

~10 yrs · software & data engineering B.A. Mathematics, University of Virginia Python · SQL · cloud data pipelines Web apps · user interfaces Data monitoring · dashboards Automation · APIs · integrations CNDDB · CEQA · CDFW data
// questions

Good things to ask before we talk.

What kind of businesses do you work with?+
Small and mid-sized businesses where a real chunk of someone's week disappears into manual, repetitive work in spreadsheets or disconnected apps. A lot of my recent work has been for environmental and biological consulting firms, where regulatory reporting (CNDDB queries, CEQA documents, species status checks) is exactly that kind of work.
What if I'm not sure software is even the answer?+
That's exactly what the first call is for. Sometimes the right answer is a small tool, sometimes it's a better use of software you already pay for, and sometimes it's not worth building at all. I'll tell you honestly which one it is.
What does a project cost?+
It depends on scope. For a defined project I quote a price up front after a short discovery call, so you know the number before work starts. Ongoing support and smaller, ad-hoc tasks can be billed hourly or on a simple monthly retainer.
Isn't custom software too expensive for a small business?+
It used to be. Building bespoke tools meant months of work and a five-figure budget. AI-assisted development has changed that, so I can build the same quality of custom software in a fraction of the time, at a price that makes sense for a small or mid-sized business. For a lot of companies, custom-fit software is affordable for the first time.
How long does a project take?+
Most first projects are scoped to land in a few weeks. The discovery call is where we agree on a timeline you can count on.
Do you offer ongoing support after it's built?+
Yes. Software needs to change as the business does, so most clients keep me on a light monthly retainer for updates, fixes, and the next thing on the list.
Do we need to meet in person?+
No. I work remotely with every client: video calls for discovery and check-ins, screen shares for walkthroughs, and shared repos and documentation so nothing lives only in my head. It keeps projects moving fast and means you're not limited to whoever happens to be nearby.

Have a process that's eating your week?

Email me the most annoying repetitive thing your business does. Happy to answer questions or set up a quick call.

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