James Crowson Email & Phone Number

London, Uk, Gb

Since 2020, I have spearheaded the development of an AI-powered B2B SaaS platform, acting as a hands-on leader, and scaling the engineering team from one to 16 engineers, designers, and QA professionals. My role has involved guiding the technical architecture, driving technical excellence, and ensuring the successful delivery of the platform.- Drive architecture and development of our B2B SaaS product, planning, guiding, and acting as a delivery manager for the team as they deliver new features and improvements.- Focused on hiring the right people at the right time, building a team with a perfect mix of skills and experience.- Direct the engineering team daily through stand-ups and sprint planning.- Report directly to the CEO, ensuring strategic alignment.- Defined an architecture that scaled the platform to handle millions of requests weekly, for thousands of users, ensuring reliability and performance under high traffic.- Collaborate with the product team to manage and define the roadmap, providing technical expertise to prioritise tasks and provide realistic estimates.- Balance strategy and delivery with technical involvement, resulting in successful and timely product and feature releases.- Hands-on leader with a proven track record of delivering critical projects on schedule.- Played a crucial role in securing multiple 7-figure Series A and B funding rounds by guiding investors through comprehensive technical due diligence processes and representing Forestreet's technical capabilities and vision.- Presented technical vision, demonstrated platform robustness and scalability, and led technical due diligence for funding.- Report to the board on engineering and product progress, informing them of milestones, challenges, and future plans.

I founded Upmostly as a side-project, creating a React and JavaScript tutorial site that serves tutorials to over 3 million developers every year. My goal with Upmostly was to teach others how to use React to create engaging applications. Handling every aspect myself, from planning and writing to marketing, I have driven the site to impressive growth and success. Upmostly has not only solidified my SEO skills but also helped define my ability to mentor, teach, and train engineers in software development.- Founded Upmostly as a side-project, a React and JavaScript tutorial site serving over 3 million developers annually.- Planned, wrote, and marketed each tutorial, handling all aspects of the project independently.- Achieved a 10% increase in traffic month-on-month since inception, making Upmostly one of the largest and most popular React tutorial sites.- Authored several articles that reached rank one on page one of Google, gaining invaluable SEO skills.- Leveraged SEO expertise to drive organic traffic and engagement consistently.- Provided valuable resources to the developer community, fostering learning and skill development.- Utilised Upmostly to refine my ability to mentor, teach, and train engineers in software development.- Created engaging content that helps developers learn how to use React- Ensured high-quality, accessible tutorials that cater to a wide range of skill levels within the developer community.

Morrisville, Nc, Us

I hired and led a team of front-end engineers to build a cutting-edge blockchain-backed SaaS platform in the supply chain space. This involved identifying and recruiting top talent, managing development efforts to meet quality standards, and ensuring timely project delivery.- Managed front-end development efforts, ensuring projects met stringent quality standards and were delivered on time.- Hired and led a team of front-end engineers to build a blockchain-backed SaaS platform in the supply chain space.- Identified and recruited top talent, building a cohesive and high-performing team from the ground up.- Oversaw onboarding of new team members, integrating them smoothly into the project.- Mentored and trained junior engineers, imparting React best practices and fostering a collaborative environment.- Ensured the team was well-equipped to tackle complex challenges and deliver innovative solutions in the rapidly evolving blockchain and supply chain domains.- Coordinated closely with backend engineers to ensure seamless integration between front-end and backend systems, enhancing overall platform performance.- Actively contributed to code reviews and maintained high standards of code quality, performance, and maintainability.

Durham, Nc, Us

Working in the front-end squad within a large 50+ person engineering team. As an artificial intelligence platform, Wordsmith is an incredibly new concept for a product, which makes designing new features exciting but very challenging.I developed an iOS app that used the Wordsmith platform called ‘Gekko’, which I presented at an internal company hackathon. Using the Yahoo stocks API combined with the Wordsmith API, Gekko gave you a written description, rather than charts and graphs of how your stock portfolio performed each day when the markets closed.

New York, Us

While studying for my master’s degree, I spent 4 months at JAKT, a mobile development studio. My role as a senior iOS developer required me to work closely with two clients to gather their user requirements for iOS apps they wanted to be developed, sketch wireframes and create full product designs, as well as develop the initial versions of their products. I used Objective-C, as Swift hadn't been released then.

Attended NYU in New York, United States, to receive a Master's degree.

Berlin, Berlin, De

I joined the idealo Flight Comparison team in late 2012 where I became solely responsible for the development of their flight comparison app. This was an interesting time, as iOS 7 was about to launch, and therefore I had to prepare for the switch from skeuomorphic design in iOS 6, to flat design in iOS 7.

London, Gb

I joined the Digital team at Burberry as a Java developer, quickly demonstrating my proficiency in various programming languages and the latest technologies and platforms. This allowed me to effectively develop both web and mobile applications, leveraging my extensive knowledge of user experience design.During my tenure at Burberry, I contributed to several projects across diverse roles, gaining valuable experience and skills. I worked within Agile project environments, ensuring efficient collaboration and timely delivery of project milestones. Through this, I gained a sound understanding of REST API design, enabling seamless integration and communication between different systems and applications.I deployed web services within an enterprise setting using Apigee, configuring message transformation from SOAP/XML services to REST/JSON formats for enhanced compatibility and performance. Additionally, I integrated web services to function in conjunction with Salesforce.com web applications, facilitating improved data flow and user interaction. Utilizing XPath and XSLT, I transformed SOAP/XML web services, ensuring data was accurately processed and displayed.In terms of development, I created web applications using a range of technologies, including HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, Java, and Grails, delivering robust and responsive solutions. I also wrote and executed automated performance test scripts using tools such as JUnit and Selenium, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our applications. Throughout all these projects, I applied my direct knowledge and experience of user interface design, creating intuitive and engaging user experiences.My time at Burberry allowed me to refine my technical skills, adapt to new challenges, and contribute to innovative digital solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Austin, Texas, Us

As part of my University degree's "year in industry", I worked within the Internal Order Capture team at Oracle.I was responsible for the improvement and maintenance of the order management system which handled the purchase, delivery and licensing renewal for each order placed by a client.Alongside this, I managed a variety of separate projects with teams located in other countries, ranging from technical roles involving the Oracle Database and PL/SQL to gathering requirements from the Accounts Receivable department as part of a global system upgrade.

Master Of Science (Ms), Integrated Digital Media

Business Information Technology Bsc, Data Warehousing/Data Mining, Project Management, Website Design And Development, Mobile Development