James Thorniley
Senior Python Engineer at Mixcloud
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Thorniley is a Senior Python Engineer based in Oxford with a decade of experience building backend systems across music tech, IoT, medical imaging, and renewable energy startups. Currently at Mixcloud, he focuses on reliable server-side solutions, drawing on prior roles developing IoT platforms at Allison Transmission and control/simulation software for autonomous kite energy at Kite Power Systems. His background combines a strong academic foundation—MEng and MSc from York and a PhD in Informatics—with hands-on product delivery at Perspectum and Mintel, showing an ability to move from research to production. Notably, he bridges embedded and cloud domains, bringing systems-thinking to complex real-world problems where hardware, control algorithms, and scalable services intersect.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Informatics at University of SussexMaster of Engineering (MEng), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 1st, Master of Engineering (MEng), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 1st at University of York
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Github Skills (49)
python10
django-framework10
django10
mypy10
orm10
web-framework10
graphql-schema10
annotations9
fastapi9
boto9
aws9
asgi9
specification9
type-annotations9
graphql9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jthorniley/notebooks
Apr 2020 - Feb 2023
James's Notebooks
Contributions:13 PRs, 45 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 10 months
notebooksjames
jthorniley/entpy
Jun 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:57 commits, 45 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 7 months
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