James Botwina
Senior Software Engineer at Covenant
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames 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
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at Macaulay Honors College at The City University of New YorkBachelor 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 YorkMasters In Computer and Information Technology Computer Science, Masters In Computer and Information Technology Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
Spanish
Github Skills (65)
ui-components10
clarity10
typescript10
react10
react-components9
browser9
language-design9
cryptocurrency9
antd9
ui-design9
blockchain9
bitcoin9
lambda8
lightning-network8
nextjs8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
techahoynyc/SmartMatrix
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
Contributions:12 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 25 days
bloominstituteoftechnology/ML-day_2
Mar 2018 - Sep 2021
Day 2 of Lambda School's Machine Learning Mini Bootcamp
Contributions:2 PRs in 3 years 6 months
lambda-schooldaymachine-learninglambda
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