Maximilian Friedersdorff, Software Developer
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-max@friedersdorff.com | https://git.friedersdorff.com
-GitHub_: @maxf130 | StackoverFlow_: maxf130
+max@friedersdorff.com | https://git.friedersdorff.com |
+GitHub_: @maxf130 | StackoverFlow_: maxf130 | https://max.friedersdorff.com
+Skills
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+
+- Python
+- Django
+- Docker
+- AWS
+- Celery
+- GIS/Geospatial datasets
+
+Work
+----
+
+**Software Developer, Environment Systems Ltd**, *2019 - Present*
+
+- Worked individually and as part of a small - medium sized SCRUM team.
+- Frequent written and verbal communication and collaboration with customers.
+- Worked on existing and new platforms for geospatial data visualisation, analysis
+ and production.
+- Automated builds and deployments to AWS using Jenkins, terraform, ansible and docker.
+
+
+**Data Manager, NPPC - Aberystwyth University**, *2017 - 2020*
+
+National Plant Phenomics Centre, small to large scale plant phenotyping.
+
+- Carried over many responsibilities from previous position on a best effort
+ basis.
+- Maintained critical supporting computing and storage infrastructure for
+ automated plant phenotyping platforms.
+- Wrote driver for motorised camera filter wheel in C.
+- Worked on and ongoing in house attempt to augment a locked down imaging
+ platform with higher resolution cameras.
+- Assisted with occasional hardware troubleshooting of phenotyping platforms.
+- Performed occasional data analysis and visualisation for members of the
+ research group and a customer of same, mostly in Python.
+- Refactored and documented an analysis software written in C++ by a previous
+ colleague.
+
+**Programmer/System Administrator, Aberystwyth University**,
+*September 2016 - 2017*
+
+- Maintained departmental HPC cluster, VM infrastructure, storage
+ infrastructure and University/public facing services: Gitlab, Galaxy,
+ Wikis and assorted web servers.
+- Migrated configuration management from Puppet to SaltStack for improved ease
+ of maintenance.
+- Contributed to Galaxy to support additional user resource limits.
+- Imported the Interactomix_ set of programs (amongst others) into a local
+ Galaxy instance.
+- Help desk work covering the departmental infrastructure for departmental
+ researchers.
+- Experimented with Flask, as an alternative to django to implement a system
+ similar in function to Galaxy. This was abandoned in favour of contributing
+ to Galaxy shortly thereafter.
+
+**Full Stack developer, Musoft**, *Summers and Part-Time 2014 - 2016*
+
+- Worked remotely on two different major projects over two consecutive summers and
+ part-time thereafter. Worked in collaboration with my senior colleague.
+- Initially responsible for front end web development with AngularJS and
+ the related MEAN stack, building a domain specific content management system.
+- Occasional contribution to back end code was also required, but rare.
+- Later responsible for full stack development using the django framework and
+ it's related technologies, building a performant and mobile first learning
+ management system.
+- Developed a functional and fast UI that works with and without JavaScript,
+ with or without a touch screen and on all sizes of displays.
+- Exposure to system administration in a professional setting.
+
+**Paid Work Experience, Planet IC**, *Summer 2013*
+
+- Performed stress testing of a government website.
+- Evaluated the Vaadin web development framework for use by the company.
+- Wrote Java implementation of a text adventure game, including primitive
+ terminal emulator.
+
+**Voluntary Work, Praxis Care**, *Summer 2012*
+
+- Developed bespoke scheduling system based on the classic LAMP stack for a
+ local residential break service.
+
+Education
+---------
+**Advanced Computational Methods MSc (Distinction), University of Leicester**, *2015 - 2016*
+
+- Partially refactored, improved and augmented a piece of software for
+ calibrating and analysing images taken from a pair of fluorescence
+ microscopes.
+- Won award for best programming project.
+
+**Physics with Astrophysics BSc (1st), University of Leicester**, *2012 - 2015*
+
+- Final year projects: Writing an N-Body simulation in C++ and Attempting to
+ classify Jupiter's infra-red Aurora. Both were programming projects completed
+ in pairs.
+
+**International Baccalaureate, Leicester**, *2010-2012*
+
+College (in the British sense) level qualification approximately equivalent to
+A-levels, Abitur or Matura
+
+- Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, English, Geography and French
.. _GitHub: https://github.com/maxf130
.. _StackoverFlow: https://stackoverflow.com/users/2515106/maxf130
+.. _Interactomix: http://interactomix.com
+
+.. vim: tw=80 spell
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