James Burns
Software Developer at RTS Labs
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Burns is a software developer with nine years of experience building simulation and application software, currently working at RTS Labs and Field1st from Richmond, Virginia. He brings a strong engineering foundation from Virginia Tech (MS Mechanical Engineering) and a background in simulation and mechatronics, having developed C++ simulation software for the Navy and research projects in computer vision and self-driving vehicles. At RTS Labs he writes production code and at Field1st contributes to applied software solutions, blending systems thinking with practical implementation. His dual bachelor’s in Engineering Science & Mechanics and Mathematics underscores a quantitative approach to problem solving and algorithmic design. Active on GitHub under both personal and professional accounts, he maintains a consistent engineering practice that bridges research-grade prototypes and deployable software. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex physical systems into robust code and pragmatic product outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Virginia Tech
Github Skills (35)
swagger-jsdoc9
command-line-interface9
ender9
harvest9
jsdoc9
python7
openapi6
yaml6
swagger6
testing4
go4
vault4
jwt4
ai4
authentication4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jamesburns-rts/teamwork-cli
Mar 2017 - Jul 2020
Command line interface for Teamwork
Contributions:122 commits, 4 PRs, 118 pushes in 3 years 4 months
command-line-interface
jamesburns-rts/harvest-go-cli
Jul 2019 - Nov 2020
Contributions:11 releases, 45 commits, 54 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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