Michael Bunsen
Software Engineer, Machine Learning Operations Manager
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Bunsen is a seasoned software engineer and MLOps manager with 14 years of experience building production-ready systems that bridge AI research and environmental science. Based in Portland, he designs and ships Python/Django backends, DevOps pipelines, and ML workflows—most recently enabling large-scale insect monitoring at Mila and supporting biodiversity data efforts at eButterfly. As a co-founder of Mixed Needs LLC and former senior backend developer at Instrument, he combines entrepreneurial product intuition with hands-on infrastructure and prototyping skills. An amateur ecologist, he uniquely translates field-focused requirements into practical ML tools for scientists and the public. He also brings a multilingual, humanities-informed perspective from extensive German studies, which shows in his collaborative, user-centered approach to complex data problems.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
German Language and Literature, German Language and Literature at Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen / University of TuebingenGerman Language, Linguistics, German Language, Linguistics at Universität StuttgartBachelor of Arts (B.A.), German Language, Linguistics, Education, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), German Language, Linguistics, Education at Portland State University
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
ecology10
datasets10
serverless10
api10
neural-network10
computer-vision10
data-labeling10
terraform-provider10
python10
annotations10
terraform10
gpu-acceleration10
django10
docker-compose10
pyramid10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
RolnickLab/ami-data-companion
Jan 2023 - May 2026
Desktop app for analyzing images from autonomous insect monitoring stations using deep learning models
Contributions:3 releases, 18 reviews, 85 PRs in 3 years 4 months
deep-learningmonitoring
RolnickLab/antenna-landing-page
Sep 2024 - Dec 2025
This is the landing page for AMI Data Platform.
Contributions:2 reviews, 3 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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