James Baker
Senior Software Engineer at Aera Technology
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Baker is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building resilient backend systems across fintech and enterprise SaaS, currently working at Aera Technology after recent tenures at Monzo and Anaplan. A Cambridge Computer Science graduate based in Yorkshire, he blends strong Java expertise with practical experience shipping production services in high-throughput environments. He is an active open-source contributor to the widely used graphql-java project, adding asynchronous data fetchers and improved Relay support that enhanced the library’s real-world interoperability. Known for evolving from intern to senior engineer within the same company early in his career, he combines hands-on implementation skills with a pragmatic sense for maintainable APIs and developer ergonomics. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex integration needs into reliable, well-documented components that scale.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (13)
asynchronous10
graphql10
javas10
fetcher10
graphql-java10
wordpress-graphql10
fetchr10
wpgraphql10
java10
fetch10
async10
relay9
relayer9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
graphql-java/graphql-java
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
GraphQL Java implementation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 8 PRs, 9 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:James primarily focused on improving the `graphql-java` library's functionality. They implemented asynchronous data fetchers, enhancing the library's capabilities for handling asynchronous operations. Key contributions also include adding error handling for Relay connection arguments and adapting Relay mutation features. Furthermore, the user contributed to documentation and made changes to the library's data fetching mechanisms.
javagraphql-javagraphql
RusticFlare/advent-of-haskell-2023
Mar 2024 - Apr 2024
Contributions:91 PRs, 68 pushes, 85 branches in 1 month
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