I’m James Fricker, a quantitative developer and software engineer based in Sydney.
I work at the intersection of markets, data and systems. I’ve worked across quantitative trading, data engineering, machine learning and software engineering—building everything from real-time trading tools to analytics for cancer genomics.
I’m particularly interested in market microstructure, distributed systems, machine learning and understanding how complicated technology works beneath the abstractions. Most of the writing and projects on this site come from trying to understand something properly by building it myself.
Earlier in my career, I worked at ANZ and studied Mathematics and Finance at the University of Adelaide. I also created Graduate Theory, a podcast about careers and the transition from university into work.
Outside work, I run, read, play guitar and support Sheffield United and Adelaide United.
You can find me on LinkedIn or email me at [email protected].
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I occasionally write about markets, software, machine learning and whatever I am currently trying to understand.
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