James Schmitz
Software Engineer
Lower Hudson Valley of NY State
Summary
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RockstarJames Schmitz is a software engineer with 11 years of experience blending back-end development, test automation, and creative research in machine learning and generative art. A graduate and former research resident of NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, he brings a studio-minded approach to building robust, well-tested systems. His open-source work includes meaningful contributions to pyjnius—adding controlled Java class visibility and a comprehensive unit-test suite—demonstrating attention to interoperability and code quality. Based in the Lower Hudson Valley, he pairs academic curiosity with production-focused engineering, often bridging artistic exploration and reliable software design.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (9)
javas10
jna10
python10
java10
testing10
reflection9
reflect9
reflections9
junit8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
kivy/pyjnius
Apr 2020 - May 2022
Access Java classes from Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:43 commits, 6 PRs, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the `pyjnius` repository by implementing new features and writing unit tests. They added an option to control visibility for Java classes, allowing for more controlled access to methods and fields. The user also developed a comprehensive suite of unit tests to verify the correct behavior of Java class access, including testing various visibility levels (public, protected, private) and method/field access. They also worked on refactoring to improve code quality.
javapythonjnijni-androidjni-wrapper
hx2A/py5generator_fork
Aug 2022 - Jul 2026
Meta-programming project that creates the py5 library code.
Contributions:734 pushes, 527 branches, 3 tags in 3 years 11 months
pythonmeta-programmingmetaprogramming-projectcode-library
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