Senior software engineer and independent consultant (15+ yrs), currently based in Valencia, Spain (CET). I do primarily backend work in Python (Django/FastAPI/Flask) and PHP (Laravel/Drupal), API development and consumption, data pipeline work, and AI integration features (RAG, LangChain/LangGraph, vector DBs).
Strong infra/ops chops (Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Linux), comfortable owning projects end-to-end and mentoring.
Remote-first, with a reliable 4-hour daily overlap with US business hours; invoicing/tax admin handled on my side. Work authorization in US (SS/EIN) and Spain (NIE). Note: Spanish availability is limited due to DNV limitations of no more than 20% revenue sourced from Spanish companies.
Senior software engineer and independent consultant (15+ yrs), currently based in Valencia, Spain (CET). I do primarily backend work in Python (Django/FastAPI/Flask) and PHP (Laravel/Drupal), API development and consumption, data pipeline work, and AI integration features (RAG, LangChain/LangGraph, vector DBs).
Strong infra/ops chops (Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Linux), comfortable owning projects end-to-end and mentoring.
Remote-first, with a reliable 4-hour daily overlap with US business hours; invoicing/tax admin handled on my side. Work authorization in US (SS/EIN) and Spain (NIE). Note: Spanish availability is limited due to DNV limitations of no more than 20% revenue sourced from Spanish companies.
Senior software engineer and independent consultant (15+ yrs), currently based in Valencia, Spain (CET). I do primarily backend work in Python (Django/FastAPI/Flask) and PHP (Laravel/Drupal), API development and consumption, data pipeline work, and AI integration features (RAG, LangChain/LangGraph, vector DBs).
Remote-first, with a reliable 4-hour daily overlap with US business hours; invoicing/tax admin handled on my side. Work authorization in US (SS/EIN) and Spain (NIE). Note: Spanish availability is limited due to DNV limitations of no more than 20% revenue sourced from Spanish companies.
Location: Valencia, Spain (CET)
Remote: Yes (US & EU; daily 4-hour overlap with US business hours)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python (Django, Pydantic/FastAPI, LangChain, LangGraph), PHP (Laravel, Drupal), Docker
Résumé/CV: https://linkedin.com/in/ryneandal (full CV available on request)
Email: [email protected]
Currently have part-time/fractional availability for independent consulting/contract work. Recent work has involved AI integrations (LangChain, LangGraph, FastMCP), data pipelines, CI/CD workflow automations, etc. 15+ years of experience in software development.
I haven't done exhaustive testing of all top-performing models on the HF Embedding Leaderboard (https://huggingface.co/spaces/mteb/leaderboard) but I have tested a number of them extensively in the past month or two. The two best API provider models I've tested are:
A classifier for handwritten digits in the MNIST dataset is generally considered the "Hello World" of neural networks. I went over it in a course, but there are countless tutorials to be found online, i.e. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/introductio...
Once you begin to understand how to handle data and how to define layers, you can start playing around with whatever your heart desires. The rabbit hole is vast and endless :)
Herculaneum was one of the highlights of my trip to Italy with the wife. I didn't realize the scope of just how much ash and soil had to be removed for excavation. It was dozens of meters [1]. It's an absolute shame that the site is given a fraction of the attention that Pompeii receives, I thought it was vastly better preserved and truly awe-inspiring [2].
I highly recommend spending a few hours wandering the site, it is an absolute wonder.
I enjoyed the attention given to Herculaneum in a computer game called Rome: Pathway to Power (released in 1992). You start the game as a slave who has to escape Herculaneum before Vesuvius erupts. I loved the game as a kid. It's sort of like an isometric immersive sim (with a clunky interface). It got me interested in ancient Rome.
The modern Italian town of Ercolano lies just over Herculaneum, so excavations of the rest of the ancient town are a bit tricky. Only about a quarter has been excavated so far, in contrast to Pompeii, which are two-thirds out.
I use iTerm in visor mode, so ctrl-~ (tilde) shows my terminal tabs and changes focus to them. Pushing it again hides them and returns focus to the previous app.
Remote-first, with a reliable 4-hour daily overlap with US business hours; invoicing/tax admin handled on my side. Work authorization in US (SS/EIN) and Spain (NIE). Note: Spanish availability is limited due to DNV limitations of no more than 20% revenue sourced from Spanish companies.
Location: Valencia, Spain
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python (FastAPI, Langchain, LangGraph, Django), PHP (Laravel, Drupal)
Résumé/CV: https://ryneandal.github.io/ryne-andal-dnv-resume.pdf
Email: ryne[.]andal@gmail[.]com
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