James Coulter
Head Of Code at Plenoptic Cognition
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Coulter is a seasoned engineering leader with over a decade of experience building production software and creative pipelines, currently serving as Principal Engineer at Plenoptic Cognition and Head of Code for the VectorField Co-Operative. He defines engineering strategy, budgets, and processes while also rolling up his sleeves to prototype and ship both research-driven systems and studio-specific automation. His background spans R&D, pipeline, and production roles across visual effects and media tech—Amazon (Prime Video, AWS), Thinkbox, and Prime Focus—bridging creative tooling and scalable cloud services. A strong advocate for formal specification, he brings rigorous, auditable design practices to complex content-creation platforms. Known for combining management of cross-disciplinary teams with hands-on development, he often operates as an independent researcher and contractor to explore novel technical approaches outside conventional product cycles.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Engineering Graphics, BS, Engineering Graphics at Western Michigan University
Github Skills (1)
queue10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
ThinkboxSoftware/Deadline
Jan 2016 - Feb 2017
Open-source scripts and components for the Deadline queue manager
Contributions:56 commits, 22 PRs, 38 pushes in 1 year 1 month
deadlinequeue-manager
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