ANDREW HAYTER

Self-Employed

• Built and operate a self-hosted production platform (DeFi/crypto content) on Ubuntu VPS using Docker Compose (Next.js, PayloadCMS, PostgreSQL, Nginx).
• Provisioned and hardened the VPS from scratch: SSH keys, firewall (ufw), DNS, automated backups, and monitoring scripts.
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for automated testing and zero-downtime deployments.
• Managed PostgreSQL in production: schema design for 3,000+ entries, migrations, indexing, backups, and performance tuning.
• Developed the fullstack application with Next.js 15, React, TypeScript, and PayloadCMS, including content workflows and analytics integration.
• Built Playwright-based scraping pipelines to bootstrap seed data (platforms, chains, categories) powering the site's taxonomy.

POWER SHIFTER Digital

• Developed serverless IoT and data-centric applications on GCP using Cloud Functions, Firestore, and Pub/Sub.
• Collaborated with senior engineers, designers, and product managers to integrate React UIs with Contentful and cloud backends.
• Contributed to GitLab CI/CD pipelines for staging and production deployments.
• Built and maintained WordPress marketing sites for clients where needed.

Major Tom

• Deployed and maintained 30+ client websites on Linux hosting (CentOS/Ubuntu), managing web servers, databases, DNS, and application config.
• Configured and tuned Apache/Nginx, PHP, and MySQL for uptime, performance, and security (caching, compression, SSL/TLS, access controls).
• Performed daily sysadmin work: SSH configuration, firewall rules, cron jobs, database backups, log analysis, and stack troubleshooting.

Stack: Ubuntu, Docker, Docker Compose, Nginx, PostgreSQL, Next.js 15, TypeScript, PayloadCMS, GitHub Actions, Playwright

• End-to-end infrastructure and application: VPS provisioning, Docker orchestration, Nginx reverse proxy, CI/CD, database management, and monitoring.
• Taxonomy-driven content platform with thousands of entries across platforms, categories, and chains.

Stack: React, Vite, TailwindCSS, JavaScript

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