Alia Fae (the transfaeries)
https://linkedin.com/in/transfaeries/ | https://github.com/transfaeries
Professional Summary
Plural system of scientists, artists, and magical practitioners. Specialising in DevOps engineering and Machine Learning. Builds chatbots for fun.
Skills
Have been working on DevOps with Kubernetes on GCP, AWS, Azure, as well as smaller providers like coreweave and runpod, for the last 5+ years. Developed novel storage solution for SAP Machine Learning ventures. Made Docker Images for myriad chatbots, apps, and cryptography suites and MobileCoin.
Have been working professionally and as personal projects on Machine Learning and AI projects for 8+ years. Starting with simple Markov Chain models for Faebot version 1. Working on Machine Learning tasks for SAP enterprise software. Making better Chatbots with AI. Faebot version 2 with fine tuned GPT.
CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab
Web: Javascript, HTML5, CSS, Rails
Science: Machine Learning(Jupyter, Numpy, SciPy) , Matlab, Calculus, Linear Algebra
Spoken Languages: Fluent in English, Spanish, and German
Experience
DevOps and Machine Learning Engineer at Dryad Systems
Jul 2022 – Present
- Collaborated on building a complex multi cloud system for ML tasks in the AI art space.
- Python queueing system running on fly.io and bidding for GPU time on spot gpu instances.
- Build a CI systems interfacing Github Actions with Google Cloud
- Edited Postgres queries
Software Engineer at MobileCoin
Sep 2021 – Jul 2022
- Build payments enabled chatbots running for Signal Private messenger with Async Python and Rust
- Wrote extensive documentation and tests for the Forest Signal Bot Framework.
- Was point person with company ops on optimizing infrastructure for bots running on Fly.io and Kubernetes on Azure.
- Build backup system for Postgressql databases• Build payments enabled chatbots running for Signal Private messenger with Async Python and Rust •
- Wrote extensive documentation and tests for the Forest Signal Bot Framework.
- Was point person with company ops on optimizing infrastructure for bots running on Fly.io and Kubernetes on Azure.
- Build backup system for Postgressql databases
Head of Communications at Six Feet Up
September 2020 – May 2021
- Managed Social Media
- Wrote and Ghost Wrote Blog posts
- Made Newsletters
Freelancer November 2019 – September 2020
- Completed a Project for a client converting Matlab Code to Python using Jupyter notebooks. Over 1000 lines of code.
Jr. Cloud Engineer February 2018 – August 2018
SAP Machine Learning Foundation
- Developed a solution to test our SSH certificate auto renewal by adapting open source software written in Go
- Developed a novel storage solution using Google Bucket storage and tested it thoroughly and presented my findings to management.
- Maintained the Kubernetes infrastructure on our Google Cloud instance by editing Terraform manifests, Helm Charts, and other minor tasks.
- Participated in 6 Agile Sprints
Freelancer May 2014 – February 2018
- Wrote several articles for online publications
- Wrote and self-published short fiction
- Published a short story in an Award Winning Anthology “Meanwhile, Elsewhere”
Research Intern June 2012 – August 2012
IBM Research Center Almaden
- Studied the properties of Magnetic Tape Roller systems in order to increase storage density.
- Presented findings to Senior Management
Student Technical Assistant March 2011 – May 2014
Morningside College
- Assisted hundreds of students, faculty and staff with computer issues in both Windows and Mac OS
- Set up equipment such as projectors, monitors, and lights for events
- Resolved hardware and software issues in person and over the phone
- Implemented frontend changes to the University’s website to make it mobile friendly
Education
Bachelor of Science, Physics and Computer Science, with a Minor in Theatre
Morningside College, May 2014
Projects
Faebot, Artificial Intelligence Twitter Bot. August 2014 – Present
- Written in Python, runs on Heroku
- Posts generated status updates to Twitter and Mastodon
- Next Step: Major Rewrite Using Test Driven Development
- Source: github.com/AislingFae/faebot
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