Oliver McInnes

Education

MPhys Physics, Year 3 of 4

Python Developer · Summers 2022–2025

Designed and built a production automation system from the ground up, replacing manual billing and data-management workflows with reliable and extensible Python-based tooling.
Developed automated alerting and reporting infrastructure now used in daily internal operations.
Improved the reliability, visibility, and turnaround time of routine business processes by reducing dependence on manual checks and ad-hoc scripts.
Worked across the full lifecycle of internal tooling, from requirements gathering and system design through to deployment, iteration, and maintenance.

Built an automatic differentiation and machine learning library in pure Go.
Implemented tensors, convolution layers, optimisers, and model-training utilities.
Trained an MNIST classifier to 96% accuracy.
Compiled models to WebAssembly for browser-based inference demos.

Built an extensible static site generator and CLI, supporting multiple content types and automatic RSS and sitemap generation.
Added development tooling including live preview, project scaffolding, and support for remote template sources.
Designed flexible configuration for automated deployments and custom project setup.

Built a small Python CLI for creating short-lived reverse shells through a temporary fast-reverse-proxy gateway.
Designed the tool for quick access to machines behind NAT or firewalls without maintaining long-lived SSH configuration.
Packaged the workflow into a small, reusable command-line tool for fast setup and teardown.