P.J. Finlay

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I am a Python and C++ developer and open source enthusiast with experience in neural machine translation and Linux.

I am the founder of Argos Open Tech, a company that develops open source machine translation software.

I do software develoment contracting; if you interested in working with me please email me at admin@argosopentech.com

Ithaca, NY

Experience

2019-present

Argos Open Tech - Owner/Operator

• Developed Argos Translate, an open source machine translation library written in Python (4000+ GitHub stars)
• Helped build LibreTranslate (10000+ GitHub stars)
• Developed Python and Linux software to automate training NLP language models
• Built a brand and social media presence
• Supervised a freelance game developer to build Conquest

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October 2024-Present

Advion Interchim Scientific - Senior Software Engineer

• Developed and maintained a Desktop GUI app in Java Swing and Java FX
• Worked with an existing C++ codebase
• Debugged firmware issues
• Developed software to visualize mass spectrometry data

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August 2020-October 2023

Belvedere Trading - Software Engineer

• C++ and Python software development for fintech applications
• Developed and maintained low latency C++ trading software for executing futures and commodities trades
• Developed new features independently while working closely with product managers and end users
• Passed FINRA Series 57 exam

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2019

Belvedere Trading - Software Engineering Intern

2018

Rocket Software - DevOps Engineering Intern

2016

Specdrums - Android Development Intern

Education

2016-2020

Cornell University - B.S. Information Science, Minor in Computer Science

• CS 4410 Operating Systems TA
• Cornell Hacking Club Vice President
• Language Resource Center Web Programmer
• Club Ultimate Frisbee and Club Rowing

Past Projects

• Argos Translate - Open-source offline translation library written in Python
• LibreTranslate - Free and Open Source Machine Translation API
• Android App Development - 100,000+ downloads on Google Play (no longer live)
• Household Science Projects (YouTube) - Science project tutorials
• NY eBear - An Android app and website for collecting citizen science data
• Game Room App - An open source Qt application for playing board games with Minimax computer players

Available Contract Services

• I can develop or maintain software for you on a contract basis. I can also manage technical software projects and help coordinate other developers.
• Support or consulting for machine translation software
• Custom Argos Translate model training
• Managed hosting for a dedicated machine translation API server
• Upwork profile