Mobile product
Nova Wallet
Designed and built a non-custodial Android wallet for Move networks, taking the product through real-device delivery and Google Play Early Access.
Founder-led software engineering · Cheltenham · UK-wide
Turn difficult ideas into dependable software.
I’m James Walford, founder of Singularity Shift Ltd. I clarify, design and build complete digital products—from the experience people use to the systems, data and infrastructure behind it.
Bespoke pricing · Every size of business welcome · Work directly with James
Selected work
Built beyond the point of a convincing demo.
I work across the visible product and the difficult systems underneath it, carrying ideas through architecture, implementation, testing and real-world delivery.
AI systems
Community automation
Built moderation, scheduling, governance and knowledge workflows for active online communities, with important decisions kept visible to people.
Secure infrastructure
Evidence infrastructure
Designed tamper-evident records and APIs for AI and compliance workflows, balancing verifiability, privacy and practical integration.
Ways I can help
Start with what needs to work better.
You do not need to arrive with a technical specification. We begin with what needs to change, who it needs to help and what success should look like—then choose the smallest sensible system that can deliver it.
New products, end to end
Turn an early concept into a working web, mobile or desktop product—from uncovering the requirements and shaping the architecture through build, testing and launch.
Business systems & automation
Replace repetitive work, disconnected tools and fragile spreadsheets with focused internal software, integrations and visible automation fitted to your operation.
Mobile & desktop software
Build dependable software for real devices and workflows, with careful attention to performance, data, failure handling and the person using it.
Move & decentralised engineering
Develop Move modules, wallet integrations and decentralised product infrastructure where correctness, transaction behaviour and a clear user experience all matter.
Rescue, modernise & integrate
Untangle a stalled build, stabilise software that has become difficult to change, or connect systems that were never designed to work together.
A practical toolkit, chosen around the work
Rust
TypeScript
React
Node.js
Python
PostgreSQL
Docker
Move
How the work moves
Clarity before complexity. Evidence before assumptions.
Good software begins with a clearer decision, not a longer feature list.
I surface the goals, constraints and risks early, then turn them into an achievable piece of work whose progress and trade-offs you can understand.
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01Find the real problem
Clarify the outcome, the users, the existing system and what is getting in the way.
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02Choose the first move
Reduce uncertainty and make the valuable first phase, risks and trade-offs explicit.
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03Build visibly
Deliver working progress, test assumptions and explain important decisions as we go.
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04Ship with clarity
Launch with the testing, documentation and understanding needed to extend the work.
Bespoke pricing
A scope and price shaped around the work.
No business is too small. No organisation is too large. The right starting point simply changes.
For a focused need
Small businesses & first builds
Start with one awkward workflow, a useful integration, a prototype or the first version of a product—scoped to the result you need now.
For a defined workstream
Growing teams & larger organisations
Bring in specialist ownership for a difficult integration, phased product build, technical rescue or delivery alongside an existing team.
Bespoke does not mean vague.
Every engagement is priced individually. After an initial conversation, I will recommend the most sensible next step and set out the proposed scope, assumptions, delivery shape and cost before the build begins. If the unknowns are still too large, we can start with a clearly defined discovery phase.
You pay for the problem we are solving—not a package filled with things you do not need.
Tell me what you need A rough outline is enough. No finished brief or chosen technology required.James Walford · Founder & full-stack developer
I see the whole machine—and still care about the person pressing the button.
I work best in the difficult middle between a promising idea and a dependable product.
My route into software has been hands-on: building, breaking, investigating and rebuilding complete products. It taught me to move from an interface problem to the APIs, data, infrastructure and product decisions behind it—and to recognise when the surrounding design, rather than the immediate symptom, is the real problem.
With Singularity Shift, you work directly with the person scoping the system, making the technical decisions, writing the code, testing the behaviour and explaining the work.
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01Whole-system thinking
Interface, services, data, infrastructure and delivery treated as one connected product.
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02Practical judgement
Technology chosen for the problem, its constraints and the burden it creates later.
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03Ownership through launch
A feature must behave correctly, survive failure and make sense to the people using it.
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04Built to be understood
Clear code, testing and explanation so the work can keep earning its place.
Product partnership
Broader collaboration when the work calls for it.
Singularity Shift also builds through the Inferenco partnership, collaborating on products across AI, mobile and decentralised technology.
A rough outline is enough
What needs to work better?
Tell me what you are trying to achieve, what is getting in the way and where things stand today. It can be a new idea, an existing system or a problem you cannot yet define technically.
Email James about your projectBespoke pricing · Every size of business welcome · No finished brief required
singularityshiftai@gmail.com