Architecture reviews
Get an independent review of your .NET applications, Azure setup, and integrations, with prioritized recommendations your team can act on.
Learn more about architecture reviewsPart-time remote consulting · Around 10–20 hours/week
Part-time senior
software expertise
for your team.
I'm Cello Liu, a hands-on C#/.NET and Azure architect and full-stack developer with 25+ years of experience across Angular, React, Vue, and Blazor. I help teams review architecture, troubleshoot existing software, and plan or implement practical upgrades.
North Vancouver, BC / Remote across Canada & the US
BUILT TO WORK TOGETHER
CLOUD & AIAPPLICATIONSDATA & INTEGRATION Thoughtful architecture. Lasting foundations.
25+years of software
engineering experience
engineering experience
End to endfrom architecture
to production
to production
Public & privatesector experience,
startup perspective
startup perspective
Services
The right expertise.
Where you need it.
Four focused ways to improve the software your business depends on. Start with a specific problem or decision, and agree on a scope that fits part-time support.
Software support & troubleshooting
Investigate recurring bugs, slow applications, and unreliable integrations. Get hands-on help to identify the cause, verify a fix, and document what changed.
Learn more about software support & troubleshootingSystem updates
Give established software a stronger future. Upgrade aging .NET and frontend applications, reduce technical debt, and plan manageable migrations.
Learn more about system updatesModernization assessments
Decide what to upgrade before committing to implementation. Receive a dependency and risk review, practical options, and a prioritized modernization roadmap.
Learn more about modernization assessmentsSelected experience
Real systems.
Real-world complexity.
A selection of Xing Tu (Cello) Liu’s professional engagements across government, enterprise, and growing technology companies.
Moving legacy data systems forward
Contributing to an Oracle-to-PostgreSQL modernization program spanning more than 400 legacy .NET Framework database systems, with a focus on reducing proprietary licensing costs.
.NET / Oracle / PostgreSQL / Data migration
A modern foundation for an established platform
Modernized the Boyd/Blacksmith application, upgrading .NET Core 3/5 to .NET 8/9 and Angular 9 to Angular 19, alongside architecture and code refactoring.
C# / Angular / TypeScript / Cloud applications
Connecting a news monitoring ecosystem
Developed the open-source Today’s News Online platform, bringing together React, .NET microservices, Kafka, SignalR, Elasticsearch, and PostgreSQL on OpenShift.
Explore the public projectExperience also includes engagements with RBC, Vancity, iA Financial Group, Boeing Canada, UBC, and municipal government. Organization names describe professional experience and do not imply endorsement.
Ways to work together
Senior help, sized to what you need.
Two simple ways to engage. Both are remote, and you work directly with me from the first call to hand-over.
Hourly
Part-time contract
Get hands-on senior support for around 10 to 20 hours per week, remotely. Agree on a focused backlog and meeting overlap before work begins.
- Architecture reviews, troubleshooting, and system updates
- Weekly hours, scope, and meeting overlap agreed before work begins
- Invoiced monthly for actual hours worked
Best for: teams that need steady senior capacity.
Discuss part-time supportFixed scope
Modernization assessment
Start with a scoped review of your business application, from frontend to backend and integrations. We agree on the deliverables, milestones, and price before work begins. Changes are quoted separately.
- Review versions, dependencies, and upgrade risks
- Identify architecture and integration constraints
- Receive prioritized recommendations and a technical roadmap
Best for: deciding what to modernize and where to start.
Explore the assessment- Remote Based in Pacific time, serving clients in Canada and the US; we agree on hours that overlap with your team
- Direct no account managers or hand-offs
- Incorporated invoiced through LXT Solutions Corporation
YOUR CONSULTING PARTNER
Xing Tu (Cello) Liu
Software Architect
Senior Full-Stack Consultant
NORTH VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
About
A technical partner.
From the first conversation.
I’m Cello, a hands-on software architect and senior full-stack consultant with more than 25 years of experience. Through LXT Solutions, I help organizations make sound technology decisions and turn them into working software.
My background spans public-sector systems, financial services, healthcare, aviation, and startups. I bring architecture and implementation together, staying close to the code and the people who use it.
Direct collaborationWork with the experienced consultant designing and building your solution.
Practical engineeringMake choices that fit your systems, your team, and your business priorities.
How a project runs
Clarity at every step.
Start with a focused conversation. Agree on a useful next step, then move forward with a shared understanding of scope.
Start with the challenge.
Discuss your goals, existing systems, constraints, and the problems that matter most.
Make the path clear.
Define priorities, technical options, scope, and deliverables before implementation begins.
Build. Validate. Hand over.
Work in manageable increments, review progress together, and document what your team needs.
LET’S BUILD WHAT’S NEXT
Have a technology
challenge in mind?
Need an architecture review, a difficult bug resolved, system updates, or a modernization assessment? Tell me about your systems, timeline, and the support you need. I offer around 10–20 hours/week remotely and aim to reply within one business day.
Prefer email? Write to support@lxtsolutions.com.
BASED IN
North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Remote across Canada & the US, Pacific time