SEEKING WORK - Remote, travel possible depending on location and duration.
Location: North-east UK
What I do: Prototype development.  Feasibility studies.  Data migration, transformation, and processing.
In the past I've been a network engineer, run large-scale Debian installations doing devops before it had a name, and been responsible for servers in Antarctica.  I have experience with a wide range of different Unix tools and technologies, at various levels of the stack.  This gives me the ability—and the perspective—to pick the best combination of tools for any particular project, rather than simply treating everything as a nail because all I have is a hammer.
I focus particularly on taking on “weird” or niche data or exploratory projects end-to-end; things that wouldn’t be a fit for a standard web or development agency.
Previous work:
* Custom domain specific language (DSL) to encode business rules for computer vision system (Common Lisp)
* University library data migration project, with a focus on completeness and validation. (Clojure, Elixir, Ruby)
* School data processing app (Elixir/Phoenix, PostgreSQL)
* Custom data dashboards (R, Geckoboard)
* High-reliability, long-term timelapse platform for inaccessible locations. (FreeBSD, Arduino, Python, Shell)
* Migration of existing Node.js+Firebase service to Golang+PostgreSQL on AWS
* Feasibility study investigating the possiblility of writing custom code to interface with a biometric timeclock (Common Lisp)
* Proof-of-concept hardware development for projects linking the physical and virtual worlds in real time (Arduino, Node.js)
Buzzwords: Debian, Ubuntu, AWS, PostgreSQL, Perl, Common Lisp, Clojure, Ruby, Go, Arduino / AVR, Elixir / Phoenix, FreeBSD
Got something you think is a good fit? Drop me a line at  mike -at- lambdafunctions -dot- com