Seb Wiechers
Data Wizard, Software Engineer, Entrepreneur

Why should you work with me?

  • Highly skilled. I write DRY, SOLID, clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
  • Emphatic team player. I am a great communicator and understand different stakeholders' needs.
  • Business acumen. I understand the business side of things and can translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Education
Strong combination of rigid formal education and skills obtained in the field

Understanding problems from first-principles pays off in the long run. I have a strong foundation in mathematics, statistics, and computer science, logic, and critical thinking.

My education:

  • University of St. Andrews, Grad. Dip. Philosophy (emphasis on philosophy of logic)
  • University of Utrecht, Bsc. Mathematics
  • University of Utrecht, Bsc. Physics & Astronomy
Experience
Years of experience in the field

Multiple years experience working for clients in various industries, particularly in Retail and for the cultural sector.

Projects include:

  • Training a classification model from scratch for an international retailer, achieving 95% accuracy, saving 1 FTE.
  • 3D AI product customizer, allowing customers to design their own products with natural language.
  • Sound sample generator, applying commutative algebra to spectral analysis.
  • Variety of web development projects.
  • Data engineering and analysis for a client in the cultural sector.
  • Data analysis for a large retail client.
Skills
Languages, frameworks, and tools

Languages, libraries, frameworks:

  • Python (PyTorch, scipy, pandas, numpy, scikit-learn + can write a library from scratch, pytest)
  • Typescript (React, Next.JS, Node, Three.js, various charting libraries, jest, playwright)
  • CSS + HTML (Tailwind, Bootstrap)
  • SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, sqlite, pl/pgSQL, SQL Server)
  • AWS (Lambda, S3, SQS, Bedrock, API Gateway, ...)
  • GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Functions, ...)
  • Azure Graph API
  • Docker (can't live without)
  • Terraform, Github Actions, CI/CD
  • Git, Linux (debian), bash
  • Haskell, Lisp -> OpenCog Hyperon (MeTTa)
  • Ruby, Rails (intermediate, needs brushing up)
  • PHP, Wordpress (intermediate, needs brushing up)
  • Websockets, streaming, audio codecs
  • BI tools (PowerBI, Metabase)
  • Rust (learning)
  • ONNX runtime
  • Airbyte, custom ETL pipelines

Other languages:

  • English (native)
  • Dutch (native)
  • Spanish (fluent) - really: 3y Madrid resident
  • German (intermediate)
  • French (intermediate)
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