James Picone
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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SeniorJames Picone is a Senior Software Engineer based in Melbourne with 11 years building high-performance, multithreaded and embedded C/C++ systems for real-time and soft-realtime domains. He currently drives low-level embedded software for A/V products at Blackmagic Design, including filesystem work for cloud-enabled devices and mobile tethering support. Previously he led a small team developing distributed real-time simulation and has deep practical experience with Qt, OpenGL, ICE/DIS, pthreads and deterministic threading models. Known for enjoying interesting engineering problems, he combines hands-on implementation with system architecture and prioritisation experience from team-lead roles. Colleagues rely on him for robust, performance-sensitive code that bridges hardware constraints and user-facing features.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (42)
c119
steam9
crypto8
scripting-language8
ssl8
javascript-game8
keyword-extraction7
interpreter7
nunit7
data-extraction6
vscode6
unlock6
tdd6
cryptography6
timer6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jamespicone/CauldronMods
Jun 2023 - Dec 2025
Mod adaptations of the Cauldron decks for Sentinels of the Multiverse for Steam Workshop
Contributions:15 pushes, 19 branches in 2 years 6 months
jamespicone/potw
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Mod for the Sentinels of the Multiverse videogame putting in characters from Worm
Contributions:8 releases, 6 reviews, 227 commits in 1 year 10 months
sentinelsmodwormmultiversevideogame
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