Jim Keir
Software Engineer at Laminar Research
Dacorum, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJim Keir is a seasoned software engineer and former Oracle DBA with three decades of experience tuning large RDBMS installations, implementing fault-tolerance, and advising on performance-driven database design. He combines deep Oracle credentials (OCP 10g/11g, Advanced PL/SQL, OCE Linux/performance) with hands-on software delivery as a developer and CEO of JK Custom Coding, shipping utilities and mobile apps for photographers and flight simulators. Currently a Software Engineer at Laminar Research, he also has a long track record of contracting for simulation-focused companies (including Dovetail Games) and building bespoke tools like mission editors and the EVA virtual assistant. Comfortable across C++, Java/Android, Objective-C/iOS and automated build/source-control ecosystems (Perforce), he bridges ops and dev teams as a pragmatic solutions engineer and release manager. Not obvious from job titles: he started as a physicist/data manager for the British Antarctic Survey, reflecting a strong scientific and self-directed background that informs his systems-thinking approach.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Earth Science, BSc, Earth Science at The Open UniversityBSc, Software Engineering, BSc, Software Engineering at University of Paisley
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Github Skills (153)
python10
automation10
parallel-computing10
pip10
pydata10
ssh10
network-configuration10
pandas10
forecasts10
ansible10
science10
julia10
scipy10
stable10
requirements-management10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
icenet-ai/icenet-etl
Nov 2021 - Sep 2024
Infrastructure for storing IceNet predictions and importing them into a database
Contributions:1 review, 9 PRs, 68 pushes in 2 years 10 months
icenetinfrastructureimportingstoringpredictions
JimCircadian/icenet
Jan 2024 - Mar 2025
The icenet library is a pip installable python package containing the commands and code you need to produce forecasts
Contributions:94 pushes, 12 branches, 1 tag in 1 year 2 months
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