James Bentley
Head Of Software Engineering at disguise
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Bentley is a Head of Software Engineering based in London with 11 years of experience building and scaling cross-functional teams across software, QA, product, and technical documentation. At disguise he progressed from developer to lead to head of engineering, demonstrating hands-on coding alongside strategic leadership in a fast-evolving product environment. He combines a physics background from the University of Chicago with practical startup and studio experience, bringing analytical rigor to system design and delivery. Known for being hardworking and deeply involved in engineering processes, he prioritizes quality and clear documentation as first-class engineering outputs. James’s career arc shows a rare blend of individual contributor discipline and people leadership, often stepping into technical director roles to drive outcomes end-to-end.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at American School in LondonBachelor's degree Physics, Bachelor's degree Physics at University of Chicago
English, German
Github Skills (41)
openframeworks10
command-line-tool8
audio8
pm28
nodejs8
monitoring7
linux7
android7
command-line7
computer-vision7
load-balancer7
raspberry-pi6
opengl6
windows6
opencv6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
HellicarAndLewis/Shader-Party
Dec 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:23 commits, 3 pushes in 6 months
Bentleyj/BeyondPhotography
Jan 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:297 commits, 4 PRs, 142 pushes in 1 year 6 months
darkroom
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