James Townley
Senior Engineering Consultant at Gizwibit Technologies LTD
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolJames Townley is a seasoned software engineering leader with 11 years of experience delivering scalable, reactive systems and product-focused leadership. He currently serves as Senior Engineering Consultant at MongoDB and as Director at Gizwibit Technologies, blending hands-on development with strategic architecture and team coaching. A polyglot developer with expertise in Scala, Python, and MongoDB, he has steered organizations through agile transitions, architecture migrations, and test-driven, domain-driven delivery. Notably, at Lightbend he drove a license transition that increased ARR by more than $5M and helped establish the Reactive Foundation under the Linux Foundation. Based in Edmonton, Canada, his career spans architecting mobile and backend systems for government and enterprise, and leading multi-year initiatives across startups and large tech companies. He combines technical depth with a knack for building product and developer ecosystems, turning complex requirements into practical, auditable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of VictoriaHigh School, High School at St. Michaels University SchoolAudio Engineering, Audio, Audio Engineering, Audio at Trebas Institute
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (124)
python10
windows10
linux10
kivy10
android10
ui-framework10
ios9
reaction9
react9
cross-platform9
macos9
akka8
printing8
reactive8
streaming8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
reactivefoundation/foundation
Jun 2020 - Mar 2021
Interacting with Reaction Foundation Staff
Contributions:23 commits, 2 PRs, 21 pushes in 9 months
reactreactionfoundationreactjsstaff
PeachyPrinter/ImageBuilder
Feb 2014 - Jun 2015
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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