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Alex Mayhew

Technology Specialist: Web, SEO/AEO, Automation & Applied AI

East Falmouth, MA · Remote (US Eastern) · alex@alexmayhew.dev

Available for remote full-time, contract, or part-time work.

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Self-taught technologist who ran the entire technology operation for a solar company solo for nine years, and now builds production web, automation, and AI systems as an independent developer. I ship real, measurable things: a data-intelligence platform for a private investment firm (demo to production in six weeks, with a written engineering handoff), a 1.7M-record security knowledge graph, commercial products, and small-business sites that rank #1. Comfortable being the only technical person in the room, and explaining it to people who are not.

Selected Work

Data-intelligence platform for a private investment firm

Contract, under NDA. Took over a demo-stage build and grew it to a production maritime-intelligence platform in about six weeks (Next.js 15 PWA + FastAPI, PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB, Redis, 100+ live data sources). Split it into two independently deployed products under a hard deadline, and closed the engagement with a 336-line engineering handoff and a staffing recommendation for the client's incoming team.

Security knowledge graph (1.7M+ records)

Built a hybrid graph and full-text search system over 90+ public security datasets: a 1.77M-node Memgraph graph, a 3.1GB SQLite FTS5 mirror, and a local-first Python query CLI, fed by a custom ingestion, dedup, and export pipeline. Integrated into an AI-agent workflow.

LLM training dataset and pipeline

Built a 442K-example instruction-tuning dataset with an ~8,700-line Python synthetic-data pipeline (scenario generation, quality filtering, validation), and designed a two-stage LoRA fine-tuning setup for a 32B code model.

Ranked a solar company #1 and built its intake system

Built and ran the company WordPress site to #1 Google rankings for its core Martha's Vineyard solar searches, and coded its lead-capture and onboarding system solo (React/TypeScript, Node, PostgreSQL) with address autocomplete, satellite property confirmation, service-area validation, automated customer email, and two-way CRM sync, containerized and self-hosted.

Commercial products and client tools

Shipped a commercial FastAPI + Next.js SaaS starter kit (theunsexystack.com), an image-to-SVG conversion API, and web-scraping tooling for clients (proxy rotation, per-domain rate limiting, BullMQ/Redis queue, bot-detection handling). Formed and operate the LLC (Mayhew Technology LLC, Massachusetts, 2026) that bills this work.

Experience

Web, Automation & AI Services

Self-Employed · Remote

August 2025 to Present

  • Sole developer on a maritime data-intelligence platform for a private investment firm (engagement under NDA). Took over a demo-stage build and grew it into a production platform (Next.js + FastAPI + PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB, 100+ maritime data sources), split the codebase into two independently deployed products under a hard deadline, and closed out with a written engineering handoff plus a staffing recommendation for the client's incoming team.
  • Provision, harden, and operate production Linux servers for my own products and client deployments, documented as reproducible install-and-verify runbooks: nginx, systemd, fail2ban/AppArmor/auditd, automated off-site backups (restic to Cloudflare R2), and Prometheus/Grafana monitoring.
  • Built web apps for local small businesses, including an offline-first time-tracking and fleet app for a trucking and farm-services company (running in production on a server I manage) and an active e-commerce site for a bakery (Next.js, Stripe, CMS).
  • Built data-extraction tools for freelance clients, including a county tax-auction scraper that cross-references a 2,400-property auction book (PDF) against a 1.5M-record ArcGIS tax-roll API into investment-ready spreadsheets, plus a scraping platform with headless-browser automation, proxy rotation, per-domain rate limiting, and queued job processing (Python, TypeScript, Puppeteer, Redis).
  • Build and support my own products (WordPress, Next.js, Python), including an AI voice/audio platform and a commercial SaaS starter kit, plus automations and AI-assisted workflows (n8n, REST APIs, self-hosted LLMs). Publish a technical blog and newsletter (70+ articles).

Senior PV Systems Designer & Technology Specialist

Harvest Sun Solar · Martha's Vineyard & Cape Cod, MA

March 2016 to December 2025

  • Designed ~200 residential PV systems in Aurora Solar (module selection, stringing and component specification, fire-setback compliance, and production modeling), building custom 3D layouts from 2D blueprints, plus SketchUp models presented to historic-district and conservation-commission boards.
  • Handled permitting end to end across Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod (standard, historic-district, and conservation-commission review), and presented projects in person to town boards and building departments.
  • Contributed design work on commercial projects of 2-3 MW, including two designed through proposal and permitting that are slated for construction.
  • Built the company's lead-capture and customer-onboarding system solo (React/TypeScript, Node/Express, PostgreSQL): multi-step intake with address autocomplete and satellite-map property confirmation, service-area validation, automated customer emails, and two-way sync into the SolarNexus CRM. Containerized and deployed with Docker/Traefik.
  • Built and ran the company WordPress site, reaching #1 Google rankings for the company's core Martha's Vineyard solar searches, and managed the full local-marketing presence (Google Business Profile, EnergySage, Angi, Yelp, BBB).
  • Ran IT for the five-person office and field crews: Microsoft 365 administration, workstation setup and repair, network and ISP troubleshooting, vendor coordination, and first-line support; administered the SolarNexus CRM.

IT Assistant (part-time)

Town of Oak Bluffs · Massachusetts

June 2017 to November 2019

  • Provided IT support across seven municipal departments (Town Hall, Library, EMS, Police, Harbor Master, Water Works, and Council on Aging) for both staff and public-access computers (Windows and macOS).
  • Provisioned and set up new staff and public-library workstations, and handled day-to-day troubleshooting for town employees across all departments.
  • Managed the town website on the CivicPlus municipal CMS: coordinated a complete redesign with the vendor and kept it current, posting agendas and minutes for every town committee.
  • Built out network infrastructure, including installing public Wi-Fi at the town harbor; designed and established the town's inspector ID-card system.

Administrative Assistant (part-time)

The Federated Church · Edgartown, MA

October 2015 to August 2018

  • Designed custom service bulletins, weekly programs, and funeral programs in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop, and produced them end to end (printing and finishing).
  • Built and maintained the church website, and handled front-office administration: fielding calls and email, managing office and pastoral supplies, and supporting the pastor day to day.

Skills

Web
WordPress, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, React/TypeScript, Next.js, PHP, hosting/DNS/domain and email administration, Docker
SEO & Local Marketing
technical and local SEO, answer-engine optimization (AEO/GEO), Google Search Console, GA4, keyword research, schema/structured data, Google Business Profile, listings management
Automation & Scripting
n8n (Zapier/Make-equivalent), Python scripting, web scraping and data extraction (Puppeteer/Playwright, proxy rotation, rate limiting), REST APIs, webhooks, JSON, LLM tools (Claude, ChatGPT), AI-assisted development (Claude Code), self-hosted LLMs (Ollama), vector/graph databases (Qdrant, Memgraph)
Design
Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop; print/layout and brand design
Support & IT
end-user and remote support, hardware and software troubleshooting, device setup, Windows/macOS/Linux, Microsoft 365 administration, networking and Wi-Fi, CRM administration (SolarNexus, GoHighLevel), technical documentation and runbooks, customer service
Servers & DevOps
Linux server administration (Ubuntu/Debian), nginx, systemd, Docker/Traefik, security hardening (fail2ban, AppArmor, auditd), CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), backups (restic, Cloudflare R2), monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana)
Office & Administration
front-office reception, phone and email handling, calendar and supply management, document production, customer service
Solar
Aurora Solar, Energy Toolbase, SketchUp, residential PV design, stringing and component specification, fire setbacks, permitting and AHJ processes, historic-district and conservation approvals

Education

Self-taught in programming, web design, and IT since age 14, and still how I pick up new tools. High school diploma.