Engineering capability, built on decades of digital practice
Anorthic Labs is an AI-enabled software engineering company founded by Steve Perry, focused on building, stabilising, and extending operational software systems.
The company draws on over 25 years of experience spanning design, software engineering, and security, as well as leadership of development teams responsible for delivering business-critical platforms.
Steve Perry
Software Engineer & Engineering Leader
25+ years digital systems
MSc Information Security (GCHQ-accredited)
Published researcher
Engineering team leadership
From design discipline to engineering practice
Steve began his career in the 1990s in graphic design, working alongside professional studios and print specialists delivering work for both multinational and regional organisations.
This early experience developed a foundation in structured thinking, clarity, and precision – principles that continue to inform his engineering work today.
As the web became central to business operations, his focus shifted toward software engineering and system design. Over time, this evolved into designing and building full-scale applications, operational platforms, and business-critical systems.
Since 2013, Steve has operated independently, delivering software engineering through Steve Perry Creative Ltd, while continuing to expand into larger and more complex systems.
Engineering leadership
Alongside his hands-on engineering work, Steve leads a web engineering team within a UK-based agency environment, overseeing the design, development, and delivery of client platforms.
Leading a team provides continual exposure to real-world engineering challenges across multiple organisations and sectors. This leadership perspective directly informs the work of Anorthic Labs.
It ensures that solutions are not only technically sound, but operationally practical.
- Technical architecture
- Engineering standards
- System reliability
- Mentoring and developing engineers
- Quality and maintainability
Security-led engineering
Recognising that software capability must be matched by security and resilience, Steve completed a GCHQ-accredited MSc in Advanced Security and Digital Forensics at Edinburgh Napier University, graduating with Distinction.
His research has contributed to publication in the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law.
Security is treated as a core engineering responsibility. Not an optional extra.
- MSc Advanced Security & Digital Forensics – Distinction
- GCHQ-accredited qualification
- Published research – JDFSL
- 25+ years digital systems
Engineering philosophy
Anorthic Labs integrates modern AI capabilities both within the systems it builds and within the engineering process itself. This allows systems to be designed, improved, and extended more efficiently, while maintaining engineering discipline.
AI is used to enhance engineering capability. Not replace it.
Anorthic Labs operates on a simple principle: software should feel calm, capable, and dependable. Systems should support organisations quietly and reliably. This requires deliberate engineering, clear thinking, and long-term responsibility.
Anorthic Labs operates from a studio on the edge of the Peak District in Staffordshire, UK. This independent environment reflects the company's approach: focused, deliberate, and engineering-led.
Anorthic Labs is operated by Steve Perry Creative Ltd.
Software underpins how organisations operate
Anorthic Labs exists to ensure those systems remain stable, secure, and capable of evolving.
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