Greyland Miller

(Django Rest Framework / React-TypeScript) - The platform we made here is one that automates marketing for real estate agents by scheduling blogs, emails and social media posts throughout the month and posting them automatically. It also integrates with the companies existing tools and syncs data between services. I helped design the system architecture and had a hand in most of the tools the company features.

• Use ssh protocol to access servers, including production, in order to update and manage databases and tail suspect logs.
• Monitor and report errors on dev, staging and production environments to isolate and resolve bugs in the code.
• De-bugging / maintaining legacy code. Including the occasional production hot-fix.
• Optimizing server performance using Django Celery to offload computationally intense tasks onto individual workers.
• Incorporating third-party software such as Ayrshare, Sendgrid, Nylas, and others to expand and enhance our services.
• Modify existing software systems to improve performance and add new features.
• Conduct code reviews and testing to ensure high-quality code.
• Maintain the SQL database to ensure accurate customer information and toggle feature flags on deployments.
• Create detailed documentation and notes on our code base to facilitate the onboarding of new developers.
• Integrate AWS for document storage.

I would consider this my "freelance days".

(Microsoft VBA / Python scripts) - As an in-shop software developer, I would mostly write small scripts that could ease every day life at work. The most notable project was a spreadsheet that was connected to a sql database, which could compare parts needed to parts owned, to determine what parts we need to order. This allowed parts to be ordered earlier, and shortened the length of time needed to complete an overhaul.

• Built dynamic dashboards and monthly reports that provided insights into project completion information.
• Analyzed complex datasets to identify bottlenecks and designed custom software solutions to address them, resulting in faster project completion times.
• Developed predictive models for parts shortages, optimizing inventory management and increasing operational efficiency.
• Maintained SQL databases, ensuring data accuracy and consistency.

I started at Columbia as an aircraft mechanic who was interested in software. I turned wrenches and leaned some basic programming on my free time. I had no access to python or js or anything else on my work computer, but I had Microsoft VBA. So I used that, and started making little things that would help make my life easier in the shop. Something I made in this time was a program that could read a spreadsheet and copy data from it into a word document template, that could then be printed with no copy/pasting. That script is still used today, and has saved a lot of slow, boring work. Eventually this was my full time job, developing software to help the shop run smoother.

I served in the U.S. Army as an Aircraft Mechanic for 4 years. It was 2011 and I was 17 years old when I joined. This was the start to my career as a mechanic, and I picked up some very useful skills.