James Collins
Staff Software Engineer at Vendelux
Montana, United States
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Top SchoolJames Collins is a Staff Software Engineer and founder with 12 years of experience building scalable web platforms and leading engineering teams across startups and enterprise products. He has held senior technical and leadership roles—from founding 2X Creative and Full Cup Mobile Order to driving engineering at Boxed, Associated Employers, and Trust & Will—where he helped launch AI-enabled EstateOS and supported large enterprise partnerships. Comfortable across the full stack (React, Ember, Node, Postgres/Mongo), he blends hands-on implementation with strategic architecture and product-driven delivery. Based in Montana, he organizes BSDC and maintains an active GitHub presence, reflecting a mix of community leadership and practical open-source contribution. Notably, he moves between founder mindsets and staff-level engineering, making him effective at both shipping features and scaling teams.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Anderson County High School
Stackoverflow
931reputation
106kreached
39answers
17questions
Github Skills (200)
javascript-framework10
waffle10
background-image10
voice10
html10
fonts10
child-process10
font-awesome10
nodejs10
mongodb10
popup10
css10
tooltip10
orm10
odm10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
James1x0/zenhub-automations
Jul 2019 - Dec 2020
Zenhub automations
Contributions:17 commits, 6 PRs, 35 pushes in 1 year 5 months
zenhubiftttautomationsautomationzenhub-api
James1x0/mongoose-cryptify
Nov 2014 - Aug 2020
Mongoose.js plugin for model path encryption via bcrypt
Contributions:28 commits, 2 PRs, 17 pushes in 5 years 10 months
mongoose-jshapimongoose-pluginbcryptnodejs
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