Hi, I'm James!
I have been writing software since I was eight years old. I've spent my career specializing in machine learning, computer security, and performance optimization.
You can contact me at j@jamesmishra.com.
Background
- I am a proud citizen of the United States of America 🇺🇸.
- I have a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota.
- I'm looking for new job opportunities as a software engineer.
- I can work remotely or in-person in San Francisco, Los Angeles, or New York City.
- I love coding in Python, Rust, JavaScript, C, Go, or Terraform.
Work History
Previously, I have worked at:
- Neocrym, which is a startup I founded. We were training machine learning models to analyze music. We didn't make any money, but we published a lot of open source software.
- The University of Minnesota, where I researched how to use neural networks to perform analysis of TLS-encrypted network traffic from social media websites.
- Anton, which is a now-defunct startup that I cofounded. We were building an AI-powered helpdesk for customer support tickets (e.g. like Zendesk).
- Uber, where I wrote software for Uber's public Developer API that lets anybody book rides with code. I was also the tech lead for a prototype Uber product that would provide non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) for patients traveling to appointments. Uber launched the prototype--providing rides in Boston in partnership with a local healthtech startup. Later, the effort would be folded into the Uber Health product.
- The US Department of Energy. I worked with the Quantum Computing Institute at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. I was looking for vulnerabilities in the Bitcoin protocol that could theoretically be exploited by a quantum computer.
Read more on my LinkedIn.
Open-Source Software
I designed and built these projects largely by myself, although an ever-increasing amount of the codebase comes from other contributors.
- Babycat, a library for manipulating audio files, with bindings available for Rust, C, Python, and WebAssembly.
- Provose, the easiest way to build Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure. A HashiCorp Terraform module.
- ScalarStop, a Python library that helps you keep track of your machine learning experiments.
You can find more of my software projects on my GitHub profile.
Writing
In addition to my personal blog, I also regularly write at:
- Click Track, my email newsletter analyzing the future of the music business.
- Operational Security for Activists, a free online site offering tips on how activists can securely organize and communicate.
- Machine Learning Glossary, an online guide to obscure machine learning terms.
Online Presence
You can find me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, GitHub, Flickr, Hacker News, and Reddit.