📁 C:\Users\James McNicholas\Site

📁Work
- 📂 IG Group - Senior Software Engineer (2022 - Present)
  - Low Latency Java // FIX Protocol
  - On Call - Fault Finding & Incident Diagnosis
  - Running projects, developed in house tools for real issues, conducted interviews
  - Order execution, Vendor management, Regulatory Compliance
  - AI Workflow integration, MCPs, Custom AI code review CI/CD pipeline
- 📂 CGI - Software Engineer (2018 - 2022)
  - Java, Python, C#, some JS
  - Satcom & Space Data Platforms
  - OneWeb Satellite Megaconstellation
  - Developed automated regression test suite with dynamic image recognition
- 📂 WireITFree - Computer Engineer(2017 - 2018)
  - Contract support technician
  - On-site and remote hardware & software support for clients in the Hampshire area
- 📂 Avondale Tennis Club - Assistant Tennis Coach (2015-2016)
  - Qualified L1 Tennis Leader
  - Assisted running tennis lessons for U16s
📁Education
- 📂 BSc (Hons) Digital & Technology Solutions (University of Winchester, 2018-2021)
  - 1st Class Honours
  - Software Development & Business Management
📁Links
- Full CV
- LinkedIn
- Email: [email protected]
📁Software Projects
- assistant - google assistant webhook to trigger other projects
- audiosplit - voice activated speedrun timer
- baddersbot - CRUD'dy badminton club session management website
- batchprep - webapp for generating meal prep ideas
- buspy - tracking buses on my local route in real time and projecting their position onto an LED strip
- circuitpython - various raspberry pi pico projects (mostly halloween costume related)
- combine - normalise & combine bank statements from different banks for analysis
- defrag - tinder for your photo bin (swipe left to delete, right to keep)
- globy: phoenix - rewrite of Globy (2005, PC) using Unity & all the hacky stuff that comes with rewriting an early 00's Blitz3D game
- helpbutton for your junior dev with imposter syndrome
- homeassistant - various integraitons for a local-hosted smart home with local LLMs via Ollama (think a dumb JARVIS)
- onlydms - instagram but only the DM page, blocks redirects anywhere else. No posts. No Reels. No brainrot.
- farmmade - small foray into making a LibGDX (Java OpenGL Library) game
- marbleposter - small collage of a pretty good 2 years
- rubiks - i'm holding onto this one, but think rubiks cube translated to an led matrix, wall mounted
- sheltered - uni CRUD animal shelter management app
- shredlines - mutilating headlines for my own enjoyment
- simplehomepage - <-- you are here
- svg2png - does what it says on the tin... badly
- tetris - teaching matt python by rewriting tetris in python + pygame
- tetrisLED - expanding the above by making it run on a 40x20 LED matrix
- tetrisWeb - expanding the above by adding multiplayer & browser compilation
- ...lots more
📁Hobbies
- 📂 Music
- Badminton
- Making (physical & digital) (See /Projects/ above)
- Photography (new!)
- Houseplants
- Cycling
- Exploring new cities
- Gym
- Reading (goodreads)

hi :)