Ft. Lauderdale, Florida -> New York, New York, United States
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James Russo is a versatile software engineer and technical leader based in New York with nine years of experience delivering scalable systems for startups and growth-stage companies. He is currently a Software Engineer at HeyGen, applying hands-on development to fast-moving product challenges. Previously, as Technical Lead at Empirical Health, he migrated 500 GB of data to GCP with under 30 minutes of downtime and led Android development that connects to Samsung, Fitbit, and Google Pixel wearables. At Brex, he served as Staff Software Engineer and Engineering Manager, steering the Bill Pay product relaunch, adding line itemization, custom accounting integrations, and high-accuracy OCR to support peak MAC and transaction volumes. Earlier roles at Iterate Labs and Rockets of Awesome saw him architect IoT data platforms on AWS, build data pipelines with Kinesis, and work across Rails, Python, Elixir, and Next.js, reflecting a full-stack, end-to-end product mindset. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Cornell University, blending technical depth with leadership experience to turn ambitious ideas into reliable software.
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