James Hawkes
Team Lead at European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Winchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Hawkes is a Team Lead at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts with a decade of experience building scalable, high-performance data systems for weather and climate science. He holds a PhD in naval architecture and numerical methods, and applies that strong HPC and CFD background to design data processing services that move and process vast meteorological datasets worldwide. At ECMWF he progressed from numerical analyst to leading the Data Processing Services Team, blending research-grade algorithmic thinking with production engineering. Based in Winchester, he is comfortable bridging multidisciplinary teams and translating complex numerical requirements into resilient, efficient infrastructure. Notably, his academic work in turbulence and transition modeling informs a rigorous, performance-first approach to system design.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at University of SouthamptonMaster of Engineering (MEng), Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 97%, Master of Engineering (MEng), Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 97% at Webb Institute
Github Skills (61)
meteorology10
feature-extraction10
grib10
decoding10
encoding10
bufr10
prediction9
cpp9
windows8
google-home8
dmx5128
fritzbox7
atmospheric-modelling7
desktop7
iobroker7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ecmwf/conflator
Feb 2024 - Jan 2025
Contributions:8 releases, 6 reviews, 7 PRs in 1 year
ecmwf-projects/digital-twin-engine
Nov 2022 - Mar 2024
Documentation for the Digital Twin Engine components
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 24 pushes in 1 year 4 months
twindigital-twin
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