James Mudd
Software Engineering Lead at Osprey Charging Network
Market Drayton, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Mudd is a software engineering lead with 11 years' experience and a science PhD background, now leading teams that build payment and operations systems for one of the UK’s largest EV charging networks. He is a pragmatic full‑stack developer fluent in Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, Vue, Node, Spring, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), with strong experience in NoSQL and backend testing. His career blends instrument-grade rigor from synchrotron research with commercial SaaS and ML-backed maintenance optimisation, enabling him to tackle complex, data-driven problems end-to-end. An active open-source contributor, he has deep familiarity with JVM and Python internals through work on the Jython project, where he fixed core bugs and improved test coverage. Outside work he applies his engineering curiosity to home automation and electronics projects, currently rebuilding a dehumidifier control system—evidence of a hands-on maker mindset that informs his approach to reliable systems.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Physics, Master's degree Physics at University of Warwick
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Github Skills (13)
jython10
javas10
unit-testing10
debug10
python10
java10
human-readable6
hdf6
docker6
docker-compose6
javascript6
filesize6
spring-boot6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
jython/frozen-mirror
Nov 2016 - May 2019
A Mirror of hg.python.org (now frozen). Please use jython/jython.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:28 commits, 42 PRs, 60 comments in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to improving the Jython project by addressing bugs and enhancing test coverage. They fixed issues related to Java vararg method calls and implemented tests to verify correct behavior. Furthermore, the user addressed issues around string formatting and the handling of negative integer values, along with resolving test failures in multiple areas. Their work included modifications to core Java and Python files, demonstrating an understanding of both languages and the project's underlying architecture.
jythonpythonpython3frozen
jamesmudd/jython
Nov 2016 - May 2019
A mirror of hg.python.org (use it for pull requests only and do not push directly)
Contributions:81 pushes, 53 branches in 2 years 6 months
pull-requestspythonpython3push
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