James Brady
Head Of Engineering at Spring
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Brady is a seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of experience building high-performing teams and shipping product-focused systems across startups and scale-ups. Currently Head of Engineering at Elicit and an advisor on multiple ML-focused companies including Outschool and atla, he blends hands-on technical judgment with people-first leadership. His background ranges from founding and CTO roles to VP and director positions at companies like Teespring, Ought, and Square, giving him deep experience in product, growth, and operational engineering. Trained in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge, he has repeatedly scaled teams through rapid product iterations and technical transitions. Notably, he combines startup founder instincts with enterprise-grade discipline—comfortable guiding both machine-learning advisory work and core engineering execution. Based in Brighton, he focuses on creating value by making teams happier, more productive, and outcome-driven.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at University of CambridgeBury Grammar School
Spanish, Catalan
Github Skills (128)
mysql-replication10
continuous-delivery9
pipeline9
lime9
docker9
interpretable-machine-learning9
continuous-deployment9
cicd9
activemodel9
helm8
kustomize8
sidekiq8
k8s8
fairness-ml8
aws-services8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
goodgravy/full-stop
Sep 2016 - Aug 2019
Contributions:13 commits, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 11 months
dotfileszsh
goodgravy/jmsbrdy.com
Jul 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:60 pushes, 4 branches in 8 months
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