Location: UK/Scotland, easily commutable to both Glasgow and Edinburgh

Remote: highly preferred, inclusive of US employers (see notes below)

Willing to relocate: not at present, might be a different story in a few years

Technologies: (just some keywords for searchers, see resume) Java, PHP, Go, Python, Kotlin, C, SQL and NoSQL data stores e.g. Postgres/MySQL, backend API and scalable system design, Linux, AWS/Cloud

Résumé/CV: (us letter or a4 versions as indicated in the filenames) https://norrisjackson.com/~orion/michael_orion_jackson_resum... https://norrisjackson.com/~orion/michael_orion_jackson_cv_a4...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-jackson-2168a71/

Email: [email protected]

Hi, I'm Mike; I've been a backend polyglot SDE / sometimes SRE / sometimes engineering manager with around twenty five years of experience in total. I'm a pretty flexible guy; whether it's code, systems, or people I try hard to be a useful mammal. Some of the places I've worked that you might recognize: Yahoo, Oracle (at their AWS competitor), the New York Times. I've also worked at a fair number of startups and mid-size companies over the years, and spent time acting as a consultant. tl;dr for why I'm on the market is that upper management at my last employer decided to let international remote employees go (I'm a US citizen in the UK on a spousal visa; I have full right to work for both US and UK employers without undue paperwork/visa hassles on their end).

What I'm looking for: I'm happy to dive in either as a senior individual contributor or as an engineering manager. I have no strong preferences on org size; having worked at both ends of the spectrum they each have their benefits. I'm flexible on industry too (I might have to think hard about defense). I can work US compatible hours as well as UK ones. I am not a zealot about any particular technology stack or engineering process but in an ideal world I think I'd be happiest working in something like Java or Kotlin in a linux environment building things like APIs, data pipelines, etc. or leading a team doing the same. I'm open to consulting but all things considered a full-time role is more what I'm looking for at present.

Thank you for reading, and good luck to all searching for a job or a new hire! :)