Summary
James Botwina is a Senior Software Engineer in New York with eight years of experience building full-stack web and mobile applications, specializing in TypeScript, React, React Native, Node.js, and PostgreSQL. He has led impactful modernization efforts—refactoring legacy React class components to hooks and consolidating a 12-microservice landscape into a monorepo to simplify CI/CD and deployments. James pairs product-focused engineering with analytics and reliability work, having implemented PostHog tracking across web and mobile and used Sentry to triage production issues. His background includes smart contract development for DeFi on Stacks and presales engineering, reflecting a blend of hands-on implementation, developer-facing communication, and customer-focused solutions. Passionate about augmented reality and productivity-enhancing software, he brings a pragmatic, data-informed approach to delivering polished user experiences.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Economics, Bachelor of Arts Economics at Macaulay Honors College at The City University of New York
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) International Studies and Business Administration, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) International Studies and Business Administration at The City College of New York
Master's Degree, Master's Degree at University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Masters In Computer and Information Technology Computer Science, Masters In Computer and Information Technology Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
Spanish