James Barford-evans
Staff Software Engineer at Arm
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Barford-evans is a Staff Software Engineer based in Cambridge with nine years of experience building high-performance systems across compiler infrastructure and web technologies. He currently works on the Rust compiler and ecosystem at Arm, bringing systems-level rigor from compiler work together with practical experience shipping cloud-backed web services. His background spans Go, Python, Node.js, TypeScript and AWS, and includes optimizing databases and building developer tooling and deployment pipelines. James has shipped full-stack data visualizations used by international banks and designed CLI abstractions that simplify AWS workflows for teams. He holds an MS in Computer Science from the University of York and a FreeCodeCamp full-stack certification, reflecting a mix of formal and self-directed learning. Colleagues describe him as a versatile engineer who moves comfortably between low-level compiler challenges and developer-facing productivity improvements.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCampMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of YorkNew Media BA, Web and Visual Communications, New Media BA, Web and Visual Communications at University of Leeds
English, typescript, c, java, sql
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Github Skills (74)
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vim-plugin10
vim10
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nvim10
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rust-lang10
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api10
compiler10
rust10
text-editor10
templeos10
crate10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Jamesbarford/advent-of-code-2021
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:44 commits, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 19 days
Jamesbarford/nft-generator
Sep 2021 - Mar 2022
Generate MANY nfts, become rich and retire at the age of 5.
Contributions:41 commits, 4 PRs, 2 pushes in 6 months
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