James Bourne
Senior Software Engineer II at Contentful
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolJames Bourne is a Senior Software Engineer II based in Berlin with 10 years' experience building full-stack web applications using React, Node.js, SQL, Serverless patterns and AWS. He has progressed from intern to senior roles across startups and consultancy before joining Contentful, where he now contributes to scalable content and API-driven platforms. James blends hands-on engineering with practical product sensibilities, frequently operating at the intersection of front-end UX and back-end systems. His industrial Computer Science degree (First Class) underpins a methodical approach to delivering reliable, production-grade services across cloud-native environments. Notably, his career shows a pattern of rapid responsibility growth and a knack for integrating serverless architectures into traditional stacks.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science (Industrial), Class I, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science (Industrial), Class I at University of Leeds
English
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Github Skills (200)
interceptor10
xmlhttprequest10
azure-functions10
axios10
http-client10
infrastructure10
dx10
browserify10
serverless10
microservices10
signing10
react-component10
serverless-offline10
toast10
cloudinary10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jamesmbourne/serverless-webpack
May 2019 - Jan 2021
Serverless plugin to bundle your lambdas with Webpack
Contributions:2 PRs, 28 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 8 months
webpack-pluginbundleserverlessaws-lambdawebpack2
jamesmbourne/aws4-axios
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Axios request interceptor for signing requests with AWSv4
Contributions:5 releases, 7 reviews, 130 commits in 2 years 8 months
signingxmlhttprequestaxiosrequest-interceptorinterceptor
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