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by ethagnawl 30 days ago
Location: New York / NYC Metro

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python (app dev, ML ops, uv maximalist), all things AWS, DevOps, IAC (Terragrunt/Terraform/OpenTofu), Docker, DuckDB, Postgres (pgvector), Rust, Linux sysadmin, security, etc.

Website: https://peterdohertys.website/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pdoherty926/

Email: pdoherty+hn@protonmail.com

I'm just coming off of a very fun project where I helped a VFX/architecture form streamline their cloud render setup (AWS Deadline Cloud) and the work is saving them a significant amount of time and money. If your studio has similar needs and/or if you have Mac M-series hardware you'd like to utilize for render jobs (i.e. instead of renting AWS compute!), I can help make this happen.

Day-to-day, I run a micro-consultancy (me!) called 21st Century Alchemy. I work with clients in many industries but have a strong preference for creative tech, experiential, museums, architecture, etc. and have worked with many of the major players in this space (Fake Love (RIP), Leo Villareal, Deeplocal, Hush, ESI/NBBJ, etc.) on big and ambitious projects (Meta Store, Star Wars: Force Awakens red carpet, Charter HQ, Levis Station-to-Station, etc.).

I also work with lots of startups (video platforms, medtech, manufacturing, etc.) and media companies (Bleacher Report, Conde Nast, MediaStorm, etc.).

At the moment, I'm very excited by DuckDB and have been writing a series of blog posts about it (https://peterdohertys.website/blog-posts.html). If you need help giving structure to unstructured data, collecting analytics from IoT devices at scale, exploring historical documents, putting dashboards in front of your logs, etc. please reach out!

I am open to working embedded on a team but my preference is weighted towards working as a vendor or outside resource and short-term projects. Thanks!