Summary
James Robertson is a seasoned technical leader based in Edinburgh with 9+ years building and shipping telecoms billing and data analytics software. As Technical Lead at Avaloq, he guides cross-functional teams to design and deliver scalable solutions, balancing hands-on engineering with mentoring and stakeholder communication. His career spans senior engineering and leadership roles across Enghouse Networks, NetBoss Technologies, Ventraq, ACE*COMM, and Lucent Technologies, reflecting a broad track record in Java, Node.js, and distributed architectures, with expertise in Spring, RMI, SOAP, MongoDB, and modern asynchronous patterns. He is adept at applying design patterns such as the Strategy Pattern to tailor integrations per customer, and he has led teams through Scrum, BDD, and CI pipelines to maintain quality and velocity. James began in test automation and operations, giving him a practical appreciation for reliability, observability, and customer-facing delivery. Based in Scotland, he combines technical depth with strong communication skills and a proven ability to mentor and shape product architecture across complex enterprise platforms.
9 years of coding experience