Michael Mcdermott
Python AWS Developer at BusPatrol
New York, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Mcdermott is a Python and AWS developer with a decade of experience building scalable, production ML and data-processing systems for safety- and mission-critical domains. Currently replacing a Rails monolith with a cloud-native microservice stack at BusPatrol, he architects CDK-driven deployments and CI/CD pipelines to process school bus video and issue traffic-violation alerts that protect children. His background spans ML research and deployment—containerized CV models for wildlife and DeepFake forensics at Kitware, meeting-assistant ML pipelines at Read.ai, and freelance work across computer vision and time-series analytics—combined with hands-on systems administration and infrastructure automation. Trained in chemistry, psychology, and computer science, he brings a multidisciplinary approach and an unusual mix of laboratory rigor and product-focused engineering. Outside core engineering, he’s a self-described “brain hacker” and digital ethics advocate who has applied EEG/EMG prototyping experience to prosthetics and BCI projects.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science at University at AlbanyChemistry, Chemistry at Hudson Valley Community CollegeBS Chemistry and Psychology, BS Chemistry and Psychology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
English, Italian
Github Skills (200)
ecology10
json-schema10
coco10
object-detection10
computer-vision10
python10
docker-compose10
machine-learning10
image-processing10
webcam-capture10
animated-gif10
validation10
mnemonic10
simulation10
evolutionary-algorithms10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
xkortex/Siraj_Chatbot_Challenge
Apr 2017 - May 2017
Entry for machine learning
Contributions:49 commits, 45 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
machine-learning
xkortex/bashbox
May 2019 - Oct 2022
bash/shell/CLI toolkit
Contributions:11 commits, 6 PRs, 38 pushes in 3 years 5 months
bashclishell
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