James Bray
Head Of Applications Development
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Bray is a Head of Applications Development with a decade of hands-on software engineering and leadership experience across major UK retail brands, currently transforming Debenhams’ digital proposition. He combines a formal software engineering education with a track record of stepping up from engineer to head of web and applications development at JD Sports and Debenhams, delivering product-focused teams and operational direction. Comfortable bridging technical execution, security-aware development (from university cybersecurity work) and stakeholder-facing communication, he’s known for quickly learning new domains and setting clear technical direction. Based in England, he brings a practical mix of team leadership, commercial awareness and early-career research experience that helps turn complex requirements into pragmatic, customer-facing systems.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BSc Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BSc Computer Software Engineering at The University of Huddersfield
Github Skills (39)
adapter10
aws-lambda9
lambda9
serverless8
sveltekit-adapter8
aws8
sveltekit8
experiences7
z807
laravel7
css7
proxy7
serverless-framework7
php7
remix7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
yarbsemaj/yarbsemaj.com
Jan 2017 - Jul 2024
My personal portfolio and blog
Contributions:4 PRs, 40 pushes, 5 branches in 7 years 7 months
hostedjavascriptinformationalsveltesveltekit
yarbsemaj/Z80-Pacman
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
Pacman in Z80 ASM
Contributions:4 PRs, 30 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 11 months
pacmanasmz80apple2quake
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